The Kelantan road transport department (JPJ) has seized 13 luxury vehicles worth almost RM5 million in its statewide Operasi Khas Luxury conducted since July 1, for offences including expired road tax, no insurance, driving without a licence and document falsification, Bernama reports.
“More worryingly, there are luxury car owners who go as far as using fake registration numbers to avoid detection by the authorities, as well as cases of luxury vehicles being driven by foreigners without valid driving licences,” Kelantan JPJ director Mohd Misuari Abdullah told reporters yesterday, adding that a Toyota Vellfire, Toyota Alphard, BMW 523i, Ford Mustang, Mercedes-Benz E250 CGI and Nissan GT-R were among the cars subjected to enforcement action.
The Kelantan JPJ director said that owning a luxury car is not an excuse to dodge the law, and that JPJ will continuously monitor the conduct of the vehicle owners involved. From January to July 2025, Kelantan JPJ recorded 10,233 offences involving expired road tax, 8,432 cases of no insurance coverage, and 11,004 cases of driving without a licence.
JPJ has reportedly identified over 1,000 luxury vehicles in Malaysia with long-expired road tax, some of which are apparently owned by celebrities and prominent business figures who claim the cars are only used as ‘weekend cars’. ‘Lupa‘ (I forgot) is another excuse. June’s Ops Luxury, July’s Ops Luxury 2.0 and August 7-9’s Ops Luxury 3.0 have altogether seized 258 cars.
JPJ’s Ops Luxury, Ops Luxury 2.0 and Ops Luxury 3.0
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Not to worry….after some negotiation, they will be allowed to pay a small fine and they will get back their cars..
At the very least, owners should be compelled to renew the exorbitant road tax and insurance before their cars are released. This should be strictly non-negotiable.
Fake rich?
After buying the car there is no more money to pay the road tax and insurance?
I thought we are a very rich country, seeing so many luxury cars on the road. Or is it just a charade?
they are smart by avoiding unnecessary expense. if got caught just pay a saman.
unnecessary expenses? luxury items is unnecessary
luxury item is a tangible object. insurance and road tax is just a piece of paper which you cannot boast about and didn’t bring any tangible benefit
can hold auction and invite them to buy back their cars, if country feel poor again go and seize again, their info are all there
Kaya, tapi miskin.
Send the owners to jail laa