The incident, which was caught on video, went viral on social media, leading to an outcry.

Perak Police chief Yusri Hassan Basri said a police report was lodged on the same day.

“Preliminary investigation found that the driver involved worked for a minister and, along with the minister, was on the way to a programme at the Jalan Silang flats in Ipoh,” he said in a statement.

Yusri added that police have also called on other witnesses to assist in their investigation, and have obtained footage from PLUS’s closed-circuit TV cameras as well as the dashcam footage from the ambulance.

He said the case is being investigated under Rule 9 (2) of the Road Traffic Rules 1959. The rule stipulates that drivers must give way to emergency vehicles which have their sirens on.