Melaka police call in YouTuber for questioning over modified micromobility vehicle – not road-legal

The Melaka police have called in a 27-year old YouTuber for questioning after a video of him allegedly riding a modified micromobility vehicle, originally posted on TikTok yesterday morning, went viral, The Star reports.

“Preliminary investigations revealed that the micromobility vehicle had been modified and fitted with a roof. The vehicle was seen being ridden by a man with two male pillion riders at the Lee Rubber traffic lights along the Alor Gajah-Melaka Tengah-Jasin (AMJ) highway,” said Melaka police chief deputy comm Datuk Dzulkhairi Mukhtar in a statement today.

A motorbike registered MDJ1154 that belongs to said YouTuber is believed to have been used to record the footage of the micromobility vehicle in question.

The police have contacted the YouTuber to ask him to give his statement at the highway patrol enforcement division of the Melaka Tengah police HQ’s traffic investigation and enforcement department, but were informed that he is currently in Sabah on business until May 16 and will cooperate by attending with his lawyer on May 17.

The Melaka road transport department (JPJ) yesterday reiterated that micromobility vehicles such as e-scooters, hoverboards, monowheels, Segways and unapproved electric bicycles are not road-legal. Under Section 54(1) of the Road Transport Act 1987 [Act 333], any individual operating an unauthorised vehicle on a public road may be prosecuted, and if convicted, may be fined up to RM1,000, imprisoned for up to three months, or both.

“Micromobility vehicles are only permitted in designated areas such as recreational parks, dedicated lanes, or private premises, not on public roads,” Melaka JPJ deputy director Khairul Aswad Abdul Halim said.

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