‘AKU 1’ plate fetches JPJ RM208k, ‘AKU 8055’ RM74k

‘AKU 1’ plate fetches JPJ RM208k, ‘AKU 8055’ RM74k

The ‘AKU’ number plate series has become the most lucrative ever for JPJ Perak, netting the state department RM3.5 million in total, Bernama reports. Big contributors were bids for ‘AKU 1’ and ‘AKU 8055’, which resembles ‘AKU BOSS’. The AKU series was offered from July 3 to 18.

The ‘AKU 1’ plate fetched the highest bid of RM207,898.90, while RM74,000 was needed to take home ‘AKU 8055’. Other ‘boss plates’ such as 1305 and 805 were also popular among bidders. Perak JPJ director Mohd Zawawi Zakaria said the department received a total of 3,315 bids.

“AKU 1305 attracted 49 bids; AKU 8055, twenty-seven; AKU 89, twenty-three; AKU 69, twenty-one; AKU 2121, twenty; AKU 4212, nineteen and AKU 805, eighteen,” he told a press conference in Ipoh. “Usually, the Perak JPJ receives between 500 and 600 bids for vehicle registration numbers but the figure was six times higher for the AKU series,” he revealed.

Aku ini, aku itu – it seems that there are plenty of folks willing to shell out good money to shout “ME!”

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Comments

  • Aku lansi on Aug 25, 2017 at 10:28 am

    Don’t understand what is so special about this car plate. To tell people this german car belongs to aku.

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    • Periasamy on Aug 25, 2017 at 5:49 pm

      Another nonsense by our Government. Until now, special plates have no meaning cause so biasa now all these tenders.

      The biggest joke is that, Government collects so much revenue from all these tenders but out schools and hospitals are complaining got no money. Some schools, even tables and chairs also don’t have.

      Hospitals also complaining they have no money to dispence appropriate medicine.

      Where is all this tender money going to?

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  • Susukotak on Aug 25, 2017 at 10:28 am

    lepas ni plat U 1-9999 plak.

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  • Sudin on Aug 25, 2017 at 10:29 am

    Cukurrr cukur sampai botak

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  • the driver on Aug 25, 2017 at 10:33 am

    Another sad day, when people blow away good money just for vanity plates. More money than brains situation.

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  • 12yrsold on Aug 25, 2017 at 10:36 am

    AKU 1 & AKU 8055 should be reserved for our PM.

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  • digidigi on Aug 25, 2017 at 11:04 am

    getting pointless soon..
    they will soon come out with Cinta, Love, Winner, King, Queen, Money…etc

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  • notme on Aug 25, 2017 at 11:45 am

    No comment……

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  • Dug Ong on Aug 25, 2017 at 1:17 pm

    Malaysians and their priorities.

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  • Kancil Hybrid on Aug 25, 2017 at 3:02 pm

    AKU 8481 berapa RM?

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  • That chinese guy with AKU4 hopefully he knows what he is buying.

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  • TheDean on Aug 25, 2017 at 4:23 pm

    So sad.

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  • Bernard on Aug 25, 2017 at 8:26 pm

    Its a sad state of affairs when this sells!

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  • Pakulupapito on Aug 25, 2017 at 9:22 pm

    Best no for AKU….AKU 8481

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