KUALA LUMPUR: It had all the hallmarks of a classic kidnap video.
A woman, attempting to flee and caught by her pursuer before being bundled into a car, all of which were captured on CCTV.
This was the contents of a video which went viral on Facebook yesterday.
The video, recorded on Tuesday, May 30 at 10.21pm, showed a row of parked cars at what was believed to be outside Regalia Residence, along the busy Jalan Sultan Ismail in the heart of KL.
It showed a woman, said to be a staff of the hotel, being approached by a number of men and taken to a waiting white car.
Upon peering inside the car, the woman appeared to struggle and made a run for it.
However, she was soon captured by one of the men. Despite her protests, she was bundled into the vehicle.
The whole incident lasted around 1:20-seconds.
The video sparked an avalanche of responses on social media, with many urging police to act quickly to investigate the abduction.
The clip has since been shared almost 30,000 times and garnered around 1.2 million views on Facebook.
However, police have since clarified that the incident was neither an abduction nor a kidnapping.
The woman, it turned out, had been accused by her previous employer of stealing. The men in the car who had taken her were her former employers, who brought her straight to the Gombak police station.
The woman is a 23-year-old Indonesian. She was formerly working as a maid and her former employer had accused her of theft at a residence in Gombak.
This was confirmed by City police Criminal Investigation Department chief Assistant Commissioner Rusdi Mohd Isa, who said the woman was unharmed.
She is now in Gombak police custody.
No further details were also available on the accusations leveled against the woman.
It is understood that police will be releasing a statement on the case’s details soon.