From last year until April this year, the Negeri Sembilan road transport department (JPJ) has seized a total of 291 goods vehicles for various offences, Bernama reports.
“A total of 562 cases were taken action under the APAD Act 2010, while another 153 cases were recorded from January to April, involving offences such as overloading, violations of operator licence conditions and obstructing enforcement officers,” state JPJ director Jasyindar Singh Shindu told reporters yesterday.
Seven of the cases charged in court resulted in fines amounting to RM97,000, involving five vehicles that were forfeited, one involving a fine and conditional temporary release, and one involving a fine with the vehicle released. 13 others were granted temporary release and remain under trial during the period.
Last year, Negeri Sembilan JPJ took action against 13,813 out of 52,759 goods vehicles inspected, while the numbers for this year up to April were 2,475 out of 14,133, Jasyindar said.
He added that the threat posed by ‘tontos‘ (an abbreviation of tolong orang nak tipu orang, referring to those providing information about authorities to syndicates) remains a challenge: “Certain parties pay ‘tontos’ to monitor JPJ operations. They provide early warnings to certain parties to evade enforcement action.”
Among the reasons given by lorry drivers for carrying excess loads is the pursuit of higher commissions, as the amount of load determines their wages and commissions from companies, Jasyindar said, adding that most overloaded vehicles carry cargo such as sand and stones, and that two hotspots have been identified in Nilai.
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Why must he resign? First time since the 80’s I’m seeing a coordinated and sustained crack down on this nonsense.