The road transport department (JPJ) has uncovered the usage of special stickers produced by “tontos” to discover paying customers who pay individuals or tonto groups, The Star has reported.
These tonto groups monitor the movement of law enforcement teams after which relay the knowledge to drivers of trucks with the stickers to avoid enforcement motion, said JPJ senior enforcement director Datuk Muhammad Kifli Ma Hassan.
“They use communication devices to notify others of the whereabouts of enforcement teams, and the lorries involved will temporarily ‘lay low’ until the operation ends before continuing their journey. These lorries have also been detected using back roads to avoid being identified and subjected to enforcement motion,” the JPJ senior enforcement director said.
The road transport department views the matter seriously and can forward the related information to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) for further motion, and the JPJ shouldn’t be ruling out the opportunity of carrying out joint operations with the MACC following the detection of lorries using these stickers, he said.
When it comes to enforcement statistics, JPJ has taken motion against greater than 400,000 of the two.58 million business vehicles nationwide for various offences between 2024 and April this yr, the department’s senior enforcement director said, reported Bernama.
A complete of 45,986 JPJ (P)22 notices were issued in 2024, followed by 57,174 notices last yr and 14,885 between January and April this yr, he said. The department seized 753 lorries for breaching permit conditions and provisions under the Land Public Transport Act 2010, with Penang recording the best number at 133 cases, followed by Selangor with 125 cases and Pahang with 101 cases.
Forfeiture proceedings have been initiated by the JPJ against 30 lorries between 2024 and this yr under Section 80(1) of the Land Public Transport Act 2010, for carrying loads exceeding the permitted limit.
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