PUTRAJAYA, July 31 — The Road Transport Department (JPJ) will summon the parents of a 12-year-old child, who drove a car with his two younger siblings in a residential area after the unnerving episode went viral on social media.

JPJ director-general, Aedy Fadly Ramli, said that he was aware that the case was already under police investigation.

However, he said that JPJ also has its investigation, and a notice to assist the investigation has been issued to the parents of the children concerned.

“We will let police complete the investigation first and then JPJ will take action under the Road Transport Act 1987,” he told media, speaking after an integrated operation targeting foreign drivers, conducted by JPJ and the Putrajaya Corporation (PPj) yesterday.

The incident gained widespread attention yesterday, when a one-minute 49-second video clip went viral, showing a woman stopping a Perodua Viva car driven by the young boy and his siblings.

In the video, the car is seen speeding over a bump in front of a house before the woman intervened and ordered the vehicle to stop.

Yesterday, Sepang district police chief, ACP Wan Kamarul Azran Wan Yusof, reportedly said that police have obtained a statement from the child’s father. The case is being investigated under Section 39(1) of the Road Transport Act 1987, which prohibits anyone under the age of 16 from driving a vehicle on the road.