Viral video of police chase in Malaysia turns out to be part of Hong Kong film shoot

By Mohamed Basyir

A short video clip of a van being chased by police cars along Malaysia’s busy Lebuh Campbell went viral on social media on Sunday.

The 18-second video showed three cars in pursuit of a van along the road, with pedestrians scrambling to get out of the way.

The clip triggered a flurry of responses from worried members of the public.

However, they fears were unfounded as it later emerged that the chase was an action scene being filmed for a movie.

It is learnt that Hong Kong filmmaker Herman Yau was filming a car chase for his upcoming movie, ‘The Leaker’.