Taxi Driver’s “EPF Walk” From Skudai To KL Gets Netizens Questioning Its Logic
People think it is a scam despite the journey was recorded.
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Taxi driver known as Noorazlan Ismail made headlines for walking all the way from the Skudai Toll Plaza to Istana Negara in an effort to urge the government to allow for a targeted Employees Provident Fund (EPF) withdrawal.
According to BFM, he was allowed to enter the palace gates at 11.15am on Monday to submit his memorandum to the Yang di-Pertuan Agong.
Also present were Wan Saiful Wan Jan, the member of parliament for Tasek Gelugor and representatives of several NGOs.
However, a netizen known as @bumilangit raised questions on the inconsistency of several news reports of Noorazlan’s “EPF walk”.
It was said that he had walked 350km and the number of days he took to complete the endeavour varies from 3 days, 5 days, 6 days and 7 days. Therefore, another Twitter user @ams160 shared the journey that Noorazlan recoded and posted TikTok.
Khilaf pic.twitter.com/YNcAupHc9I
— Jon Weak (sebab posa) (@bumilangit) April 4, 2023
Semalam @ams1610 senaraikan jarak pakcik tu jalan berdasarkan tiktok video dia, jadi aku compile dan susun balik
— Jon Weak (sebab posa) (@bumilangit) April 4, 2023
Kesimpulan:
3 hari pertama, Skudai ke Pagoh 129km
3 hari berikutnya Pagoh ke Istana 213km pic.twitter.com/9PWlHTKL8e
From the compilation that he posted, it can be assumed that Noorazlan took 6 days to complete his on-foot journey.
Google Maps puts a duration of 3 days to walk from the Skudai Toll Plaza to Istana Negara but that is if a person were to walk non-stop.
Looking at Noorazlan’s 6 days, it does make sense.
However some believe it was a scam.
Hari ni, 1 msia kna scammed dgn Noorazlan Ismail yg claimed dia jalan kaki 300+km sepanjang 3/5/6 hari nonstop JB-KL.
— 🤦🏻♀️ (@minonymouse) April 3, 2023
3 tahun lepas, 1 msia kna scammed dgn Azhar Ali yg claimed berjaya menang scholarship drpd NASA.
🤷🏻♀️#MalaysiaBoleh #scammed
hm takda warm-up, tak sunburn,takda cerita terserempak dengan kebaya merah,tak nampak penat update cuma 3hari,Pace dia berapa? berdiri depan media pun selamber je tak ketar kaki. aku rasa yang muda macam aku pun mesti nak shutdown dulu satu hari. air mana air
— Eapitkanjo.. (@Eapit_96) April 4, 2023
Buat laporan #pdrm je akan penipuan dia .
— tripple seven (@seven_tripple) April 4, 2023
In his TikTok videos covering his journey, Noorazlan always had a black face mask on.
There are also videos of him being helped by people he encountered along the way.
— Saje sembang channel (@fagameuan86) April 3, 2023
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