JASIN, April 16 -- A former express bus driver and a woman believed to be his girlfriend were detained while giving statements at Jasin district police headquarters here yesterday.

Jasin district police chief Supt Lee Robert said the 36-year-old man and the 21-year-old woman arrived at about 4.30 pm to assist in investigations into the former driver's alleged act of holding his girlfriend on his lap while driving along the North-South Expressway (PLUS) recently.

"Preliminary investigations found that the man, who is from Kuala Lumpur, has known the woman from Kedah for the past five months, and both had their statements recorded for two hours," he said in a press conference here today.

Lee said the incident is believed to have occurred...