SG drivers owe Johor RM6.5m in unpaid summonses

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Singaporean drivers owe RM6.5 million in unpaid summonses for traffic offences committed in Johor that date back over two years, the New Straits Times reports.

“There are more than 40,000 traffic offenders from Singapore who committed offences in Johor. They have yet to pay a total of RM6.5 million in outstanding summonses over the past two years,” Johor police traffic chief Supt Baharudin Mat Taib revealed.

Sounds like a big sum, but before you throw stones across the Causeway, Baharudin said Johor police are hunting down more than 30,000 Malaysian traffic offenders who have been issued with arrest warrants, owing up to RM9.3 million in unpaid summonses.

If you’re one of them, beware. An operation to track down traffic offenders will be conducted prior to the Chinese New Year holidays on February 8-9 under Ops Warta. Arrest warrants have already been issued in 2015. “The traffic offenders are Malaysians who each owe summonses exceeding RM300. If the summonses were collected from these offenders, the collection could reach RM9.3 million,” said Baharudin.

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Comments

  • The govt is broke and wants money. ‘Nuff said.

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    • Cannot saman SG pipu one. They gud pipu and we worship them. So how dare we saman them?

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    • George Abdul on Jan 06, 2016 at 6:43 pm

      And government “OWN Rakyat explanations of transparency of GST include others taxes AND
      Najis 2.6 billions donations statement” !!!

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    • Said Nuff ibn Said Muff on Jan 06, 2016 at 7:56 pm

      If you dont want to donate to govt then dont commit traffic offence.

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    • Hafiz on Jan 06, 2016 at 10:12 pm

      Why wouldnt u pay if u did the offenses? I just cant comprehend this type of thinking. We better off without any laws, or police on the road

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  • Consumer on Jan 06, 2016 at 5:59 pm

    The 40k offenders not necessary all are from Singapore. I guess some are illegal vehicles that Malaysian purchased from Singapore used vehicle agent.

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  • I believe malaysian drivers owe SG more money

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  • cendol (Member) on Jan 06, 2016 at 7:25 pm

    Set up roadblock at Causeway.
    No pay, no go.

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  • azrai on Jan 07, 2016 at 8:47 am

    RM6.5m = SGD2.13m only.

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