KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 4 -- Police have identified the man caught in a viral video pumping subsidised RON95 petrol into a Singapore-registered car as a Singapore permanent resident, and have instructed him to present himself to assist with investigations.

Kulai district police chief Tan Seng Lee said the owner of the vehicle had been traced in Singapore following the incident, which spread rapidly online over the weekend.

"We have gotten in touch and directed him to come to the traffic department at Kulai's police headquarters to assist with investigations," he said today, according to The Star.

Tan said the case is being investigated under Section 108(3)(e) of the Road Transport Act 1987, which relates to exhibiting an altered or tampered...