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title: "Group Of M’sian Youths Made To Do Squats For Riding ‘Basikal Lajak’ On New Year’s Day"
url: https://weirdkaya.com/group-of-msian-youths-made-to-do-squats/
date: 2025-01-01
modified: 2025-01-07
lang: en
author: "Sarah Yeoh"
description: "At the stroke of midnight today (Jan 1), thousands of Malaysians celebrated the coming of 2025 by either attending countdown parties or hanging out with friends and family. For a..."
categories:
  - "Society"
tags:
  - "Basikal lajak"
  - "Malaysia"
  - "squats"
image: https://cdn.weirdkaya.com/media/msians-youths-made-to-do-ketuk-ketambi-cover-image-2.png
word_count: 299
---

# Group Of M’sian Youths Made To Do Squats For Riding ‘Basikal Lajak’ On New Year’s Day

##### At the stroke of midnight today (Jan 1), thousands of Malaysians celebrated the coming of 2025 by either attending countdown parties or hanging out with friends and family.

For a group of youths however, they found themselves spending the first minutes of 2025 doing ear squats under the watchful eye of traffic police officers.

## Group of M'sian youths made to do squats for riding 'basikal lajak'

In an [18-second video](https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1300276214501920&rdid=1jmfyQ4BS3JtZiL1) which has gone viral on Facebook, it showed a group of around 20 youths standing in a line with their arms crisscrossed and holding onto their ears.

They then performed several squats in tandem while being watched by a Road Transport Department (JPJ) officer, presumably to ensure that they did the squats properly.

![M](https://weirdkaya.com/wp-content/uploads/msian-youths-do-squats-on-the-street.png)Screenshots via [FB/Si Solihin](https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1300276214501920&rdid=1jmfyQ4BS3JtZiL1)

Several other JPJ officers were also seen taking photos and videos of the youths as they did the squats in full view of the public.

![JPJ officers take photos of youths doing squats](https://cdn.weirdkaya.com/media/jpj-officers-take-photos-of-youths-doing-squats-1.png)Screenshot via [FB/Si Solihin](https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1300276214501920&rdid=1jmfyQ4BS3JtZiL1)

##### According to China Press, it is believed that the youths had planned to celebrate New Year's Day by taking their illegally modified bicycles (basikal lajak) out for a ride but were apprehended by JPJ officers.

However, it's not known where exactly the video was taken.

## 'Serves them right!'

The clip has since garnered over 120,000 views at the time of writing, where netizens expressed satisfaction and amusement over the youths' 'punishment'.

***'Pretty sure this moment will be a sweet memory for them.'***

![Group Of M](https://cdn.weirdkaya.com/media/963499aa857aeee74d6158765b21c79f.jpg)Screenshot via [FB/Si Solihin](https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1300276214501920&rdid=1jmfyQ4BS3JtZiL1)

***'Should have made them waddle like a duck around KLCC.'***

![Group Of M](https://cdn.weirdkaya.com/media/475d9c229f77901ae204b70474b5bb03.jpg)Screenshot via [FB/Si Solihin](https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1300276214501920&rdid=1jmfyQ4BS3JtZiL1)

Others joked that the youths were undergoing early training for National Service (NS), which is expected to be relaunched this year.

![Group Of M](https://cdn.weirdkaya.com/media/6866f0804ed3d58149ede43338f44398.jpg)Screenshot via [FB/Si Solihin](https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1300276214501920&rdid=1jmfyQ4BS3JtZiL1)

Watch the clip here:

##### Read this story of two girls who found themselves in a similar situation:

https://weirdkaya.com/msian-police-ask-two-girls-who-illegally-brought-motorcycle-to-pull-ears-squat-by-the-road/

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