IPOH: Perak police today denied claim of an oil spill near Menora Tunnel along the North South Expressway (NSE) which had gone viral on social media since yesterday.
State Traffic Investigation and Enforcement Department head Superintendent Zakaria Abd Rahman said his ‘Ops Selamat 15’ patrol team had conducted checks at the area and found no trace of oil spill as claimed.
“I have also run a check myself and found no accident near the area involving vehicles shown in the viral photograph,” he told Bernama.
Meanwhile, Malaysian Highway Authority (LLM) spokesman also refuted the allegation saying that there was no report of such incident, either yesterday or today.
“Our inspection found the stretch to be safe for traffic,” he said, adding that LLM believed the photograh was an old one which showed an oil spill that occurred in 2017. -– BERNAMA