A 45-year-old Chinese national has been arrested in Kuala Lumpur after a video of him driving off as his son chased after the car went viral.

The dashcam footage, which has since garnered about 1.8 million views on social media, showed the 12-year-old boy clinging to the moving vehicle before being thrown onto the North-South Expressway.

The boy reportedly suffered injuries to his hands and legs in the incident, which took place near the Nilai Toll Plaza. 

Recorded by a passing motorist, the original footage showed the father and son standing outside a white Perodua Axia by the roadside, before the man got back into the vehicle and drove away.

As the car pulled off, the boy was seen grabbing onto a door handle and running alongside the vehicle before losing his grip and falling onto the expressway.

A nearby motorist later stopped to help him.

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Nilai district police chief Superintendent Johari Yahya said that the boy's father was subsequently arrested at a residence along Jalan Cheras, reported the New Straits Times. 

Police also seized the white Perodua Axia seen in the viral footage.

According to Malaysian police, the man said his family had been travelling from Cheras to Bagan Lalang, Selangor, for an outing when an argument broke out between the boy and his younger sibling, Bernama reported.

The dispute allegedly angered the father, who stopped along the expressway and reprimanded his eldest son.

During questioning, the man reportedly admitted that he deliberately left the boy behind and drove away in an attempt to teach him a lesson.  

He later claimed that after noticing his son fall onto the road, he turned back and took him to a private clinic for treatment.  

The man is currently being investigated under Section 31(1)(a) of Malaysia's Child Act 2001. 

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