RM1.86mil in saman paid in first two days of PDRM 50% discount campaign, RM6.5bil still outstanding

A total of 17,002 traffic saman worth RM1.86 million were settled in the first two days of the Royal Malaysian Police’s (PDRM) 50% saman discount campaign, which runs November 5-9, The Star reports.

Bukit Aman director Comm Datuk Seri Mohd Yusri Hassan Basri told the English daily that the campaign’s first two days saw a total of 3,100 people turn up at the Traffic Investigation and Enforcement Department’s KL HQ to pay their saman through cash, e-payment and 50% coupons.

With a long queue forming as early as 7am today (November 7), PDRM has taken measures including stationing 40 department officers and personnel daily throughout the campaign as well as setting up 15 counters, three special counters (for the disabled, elderly, and pregnant women), 14 e-payment machines and 350 chairs.

RM1.86mil in saman paid in first two days of PDRM 50% discount campaign, RM6.5bil still outstanding

However, some 43.5 million traffic saman totalling a massive RM6.5 billion remain unsettled nationwide, representing a third of a total 135.9 million saman worth RM20.3 billion issued from 1990 to date, Comm Yusri divulged, in a separate The Star report.

So far this year, 4.3 million traffic saman have been issued nationwide worth RM646.1 million in total, with 881,211 saman issued in the city alone.

“Most of the offences are for obstructing traffic and disregarding traffic signs. It is quite high given the number of enforcement operations conducted throughout the year,” Comm Yusri said.

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