The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has been informed that no civil servants have purchased ‘BMW’ number plates – part of the Selangor series – for luxury cars, Bernama reports.
According to PAC chairman Datuk Nur Jazlan Mohamed, no specific quota nor privilege for the plates was given to civil servants, and the successful bidders comprised mostly royalty and cabinet ministers.
“However, we have asked the Road Transport Department (JPJ) to disclose the list even though they are in the opinion that the names should not be disclosed due to sensitivity.
“JPJ has also taken note that the list will be made public if there is an instruction to do so and they have no problem with that,” he said after chairing the PAC-JPJ joint meeting yesterday in Parliament.
“After getting clarification from JPJ regarding the issue of tender holders for luxury number plates, no problems were found,” the PAC chairman told The Star.
He told the English-language daily that JPJ is set to introduce an e-bidding system for number plates next year, which could reduce human intervention and increase transparency in tender processes.
The PAC was informed that the Yang di-Pertuan Agong and Sultan had the rights and privileges to get seven free number plates, the Prime Minister and his deputy two, and ministers and their deputies one, throughout their tenure, Nur Jazlan said.
He said the PAC was satisfied with JPJ’s explanations on issues and that the committee believed the department would take all the necessary measures to improve its service and enforcement.
Last month, PAC voiced its intentions to ask JPJ to clarify the procedures surrounding the tender of vehicle number plates, and make the standard operating procedures public knowledge.
This came about, of course, over the coveted Selangor-series BMW number plate tender results, in which five winning bids were not named and the amounts paid not disclosed, apparently to avoid negative public perception.
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Really can become lawyer, of course no civil servants bought the BMW plates cause they got it for free! Most likely they sold if off to other people cause it’s too controversial to put in their own cars.
OMG…bullshit…puihhh….WTF
no civil servants or kakitangan awam were given free numbers. you have to understand that civil servants were not the same as government administration members or in bm were called anggota pentadbiran kerajaan. civil servants are full time government staff headed by the chief secretary of the goverment. while the term anggota pentadbiran kerajaan were members of parliament or state legislative council who were appointed as ministers or state excos.and they are entitled as what the article has highlighted
Cabinet ministers not considered as civil servants?
Of course no civil servants have purchased ‘BMW’ number plates because they can get it for free.
Should have done this in the first place…
Cabinet Ministers are not civil servants? Can someone clarify that?
FYI, Cabinet Ministers are categorised as ‘Anggota Pentadbiran Kerajaan’, whom are selected from the elected representatives in Parliament and not ‘Penjawat Awam’ or civil servants whom are appointed by the Yang Dipertuan Agong (through Suruhanjaya Perkhidmatan Awam). For example, a minister of a ministry is ‘Anggota Pentadbiran Kerajaan’ who is responsible for the policy direction of the ministry, while the secretary general of the ministry is a ‘Penjawat Awam’ or civil servant who is in charge of day to day business of the ministry. Teachers, lecturers, researchers etc. in public institutions/organisations are civil servants too. I hope my explanation will help in differentiating between ‘Politicians’ and ‘Civil Servants’. Cheers :-)
They’re the worst kind of the civil servant species…the face that comes to symbolize corruption and cronyism at the highest level. Look at all the names up there.
One is the ape, the other is the monkey
Yes.. no One !
Its just their, wives, children, uncles, aunts step grandmother …..
JPJ rotten to the core.
People want good service, gets crappy Mysikap still no human can use until now.
People want good taxi like Uber, they banned and protect those gangster, rapists, robbers taxi, citing “safety” as excuse.
People want safer road, they care about wasting people’s time and money causing jam to measure plate numbers to the last mm. Meanwhile potholes are everywhere, signboards chaotic, etc.
Now there’s possibly evidence of corruption, they cover up.
Road condition u should ask the state gov..they have authority for that central gov oni involve in federal road or highway.
PAC member consist of both side..if any corrupt they would know.
I like you, kzm.
Your post consistently get dislike and make me laugh :)
Even got many dislike the fact is what kzm said is true. Both side are in PAC.
At least u r not RBA like most of the ppl here who speaks only hatred n slander
Thank god we r better than Zimbabwe
one day too early. this kind of news should come out on Friday. then the comment section will be a good weekend read.
anyway PT team, there is a news about federal gov paying for overpriced perdana accord. go find out and post it tomorrow. cheers
Ministers not Government Servant..?
Definitely No lerrr… Cabinet Minister are Politician…..
They’re definitely gov servant even being the politicians that they are. They took an oath to serve the nation and rakyat (yup, you read it right…rakyat, not yourself, your wife(s), relatives, cronies whatsoever!). So, as long as they have any role in the gov., I consider them as civil servant.
Deliberately covered up to prevent more backlash??
How about random numbers given by JPJ computer? Everyone get same chance probability. No need to pay extra.
But those get nice plate number eg.8888 can easily transfer it to anybody that offer high price later. Business democracy.
Why do I have this stinking premonition that this is the extend of the investigation?
And JPJ is just buying time to wait for all this to tide over and not disclose a single thing.
yup, minister is not a civil servant. it is clearly define under the Federal Constitution who is civil servant.
Sure, cabinet ministers are nobody’s servants… they are kings! Rakyat are the servants.
The difference is cabinet ministers got money, civil servants no money
family buy then transfer to civil servants.what is so hard?
PAC is made up of both pro gov and anti gov members, if there’s any element of corruption, they will report it without hesitation
the fact that PAC has officially state no foul play in the tender, says a lot really. instead of criticizing, we should be thankful there is such a unique body that looks after affairs like these
the negative perception from the public against the government needs to be changed, as the country has made fighting corruption as its main agenda, and this needs public backing. it will be useless if these efforts are still criticized by the general public. its a chicken and egg story, do also die, dont do also die
its tough to satisfy malaysians… haihzzz
Your VW breakdown again ah. So free to type bullshit story. Maybe you can play backside with the 10 germans technicians at the service center later ya :)
Please show proof of corruption busting cases… Esp. the high profile ones. None? Ok then.
Does that mean Malaysia is corruption free?
If PAC is so good, why wait until this blows over and is in the public consciousness before taking action. They should be pre-emptively investigating cases and have answer at the ready before it is even an issue. Is JPJ only just dishing out free license plate? I’m pretty sure no.
Basically what we want to know is:
1) If the number was given out for free. PAC states no foul play. Ok then, lets proceed to number 2.
2) How on earth did these Civil servants managed to obtain the funds to buy these numbers ? MACC, Your call ?
i also never receive crony project before
Many more questions unanswered:
1. Did the cabinet ministers and royalty actually pay for the winning numbers?
Remember Liow Tiong Lai bid for WWW15 last time.
2. Can we see the winning bid amount? Is it in the same region as the other single digit numbers?
3. How did the cabinet ministers afford to buy this number with their official salaries?
4. Why are some royalty (YM Tengku) names displayed and others not if they claim that royalty names are not displayed.
5. How much does JPJ make officially from all this bidding numbers? Is it in their official end of year accounts disclosure?
6. Where is the personalised number plate system JPJ promised not too long ago?
Talk shit only! Show black & white to prove it to Malaysian.
Not to disclose Amggota Pent Kerajaan because sensitive but you disclose other name. How you know they are not sensitive?
Corruption or hanky panky aside, i can’t see the point of paying mega bucks for having a BMW number on a BMW car.. Well unless you are a BMW salesman.. Haha..
well….public dont even trust PAC.
Love the way the rules are paved after decision to purchase was made.
Malaysia Boleh
After press report of this incident, then only PAC comes into picture… time cover up all misdeed. Act One: PAC call JPJ for appointment, JPJ do ‘house cleaning’, assigned number to a proxy who eligible for free. Act Two (cool down period): Transfer process and a small fee for proxy.
Act Three: PAC arrived for appointment, JPJ mention this “are watching very closely”. magic phrase used and magic has perform under your eyes.. PAC announced JPJ did according to SOP.. nothing to worry for the rakyat, a clean and transparent piece of work followed by “pat” on JPJ shoulder and left the grand magic show.
Stupid to buy these number plates. If want, just put fake one lah, no need to pay a penny
I’m putting this on my Waja as it is Banyak Masuk Workshop
JPJ! REVEAL ALL NAMES.
FAIR AND TRANSPARANCY!
It seems that everybody missed Sri Sanjeevan from the list. How come this guy can spend so much on # plates?
he declare his sources of income, and pays tax.
if there is any suspicion of him being corrupt, MACC or LHDN will investigate him.
anyway, the money that he pays to buy the number will be used by government to fund your BR1M. so whats your problem with him ?
The guy is stupid to pay so much for a plate. We can have the same plate on our bike for free
Why is my name in the list?
The difference is cabinet ministers got money, civil servants no money
So can someone remind me why they need BMW numbers? Jpj should reserve it for civilian if they wish to make more money.
Funny Malaysian.
really disgusted with these “Anggota-pentadbir whatever-they-are”…….