JOHOR BAHRU, March 15 -- A group of teenagers on motorcycles are being lauded online after a viral video showed them foiling an attempted cable theft in Permas Jaya here early Friday morning.

The one-minute video shows the teens confronting a man as he allegedly tried to load a bundle of unearthed telecommunication cables into a four-wheel-drive vehicle at around 2.20am.

Johor Bahru South district police chief ACP Raub Selamat confirmed that police are investigating the incident, which came to their attention after the video began circulating online on Saturday.

He said an official report was first lodged at 5.36am on Friday by a 51-year-old telecommunications company technician.

"The complainant was patrolling the area to prevent cab...