The road transport department (JPJ) has uncovered the use of special stickers produced by “tontos” to identify paying customers who pay individuals or tonto groups, The Star has reported.
These tonto groups monitor the movement of law enforcement teams and then relay the information to drivers of trucks with the stickers to avoid enforcement action, said JPJ senior enforcement director Datuk Muhammad Kifli Ma Hassan.
“They use communication devices to notify others of the whereabouts of enforcement teams, and the lorries involved will temporarily ‘lay low’ until the operation ends before continuing their journey. These lorries have also been detected using back roads to avoid being identified and subjected to enforcement action,” the JPJ senior enforcement director said.
The road transport department views the matter seriously and will forward the related information to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) for further action, and the JPJ is not ruling out the possibility of carrying out joint operations with the MACC following the detection of lorries using these stickers, he said.
In terms of enforcement statistics, JPJ has taken action against more than 400,000 of the 2.58 million commercial vehicles nationwide for various offences between 2024 and April this year, the department’s senior enforcement director said, reported Bernama.
A total of 45,986 JPJ (P)22 notices were issued in 2024, followed by 57,174 notices last year and 14,885 between January and April this year, he said. The department seized 753 lorries for breaching permit conditions and provisions under the Land Public Transport Act 2010, with Penang recording the highest number at 133 cases, followed by Selangor with 125 cases and Pahang with 101 cases.
Forfeiture proceedings have been initiated by the JPJ against 30 lorries between 2024 and this year under Section 80(1) of the Land Public Transport Act 2010, for carrying loads exceeding the permitted limit.
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To paraphrase the legendary Ling Liong Sik regarding the high rate of heavy vehicle accidents and deaths, “Mereka mahu mati, apa boleh kita buat?”If they drive with a death wish with no regard for the safety of other road users, no amount of banning, restrictions, etc will ever reduce the fatality rate. They will just find other ways to kill themselves and harm other road users.
.. these tonto groups started appearing during his time as the transport minister.
What is tonto ?
Can you first ask Mr Loke to stop focusing on selling number plates and arresting and jailing lorry tonto drivers?
– ‘Tonto’ didenda RM56,000 bantu lapan syarikat lori elak tindakan JPJ –
Oleh: Meor Riduwan Meor Ahmad
Disember 5, 2023 @ 2:13pm
Melaka: Seorang lelaki didenda RM56,000 oleh Mahkamah Sesyen Ayer Keroh hari ini, atas 20 pertuduhan pilihan menerima suapan berjumlah RM34,585 sebagai dorongan membantu lapan syarikat pengangkutan lori daripada dikenakan tindakan oleh Jabatan Pengangkutan Jalan (JPJ) sejak 2017.
Hakim, Elesabet Paya Wan, mengenakan denda itu selepas tertuduh, Norsham Ahmad, 51, mengaku bersalah terhadap 20 pertuduhan pilihan itu dan mensabitkannya.
Mengikut semua pertuduhan pilihan, tertuduh didakwa menerima suapan berjumlah RM34,585 daripada lapan syarikat iaitu Syarikat Mahin Varrmaa Enterprise, Syarikat Paramjothy Enterprise, Syarikat Soon Li Industries Sdn BHD, Syarikat Keshindraa Enterprise, Syarikat Sivan Sakthi Maju Enterprise, Syarikat Big Door Enterprise, Syarikat Sin Lin Seng Trading & Transport Sdn BHD dan Syarikat Selvaganabathy.
Tertuduh didakwa menerima suapan itu menerusi pindahan wang secara dalam talian di akaun Maybank Malaysia Berhad miliknya dan seorang individu lain.
Suapan itu sebagai satu galakan bagi mendorong dengan cara menjalankan pengaruh peribadi ke atas seorang penjawat awam iaitu pegawai JPJ Melaka untuk tidak mengambil tindakan terhadap lori-lori milik semua syarikat terbabit yang melakukan kesalahan membawa muatan berlebihan.
Perbuatan itu dilakukan di Maybank Malaysia Berhad cawangan Masjid Tanah, Maybank Bukit Baru, Public Bank Berhad Malim Jaya dan Public Bank Ayer Keroh pada tarikh berbeza antara 13 Januari 2017 hingga 15 Jun 2020.
Dia tuduh mengikut Seksyen 163 Kanun Keseksaan, jika sabit kesalahan boleh dipenjara maksimum setahun atau dengan denda atau kedua-duanya jika sabit kesalahan.
Mengikut fakta kes, tertuduh menubuhkan sindiket digelar “SAUDAGAR” bersama anggota dan pegawai JPJ Melaka, bertujuan melindungi lori-lori yang membawa lebihan muatan supaya tidak diambil tindakan undang-undang oleh anggota dan pegawai-pegawai JPJ.
Logo digunakan sindiket ini pada awalnya adalah ‘pepsi’ supaya penguat kuasa JPJ Melaka kenal bahawa lori itu dibayar wang perlindungan yang mana dalam kes ini tertuduh bertindak sebagai orang tengah atau “tonto” bagi syarikat lori dengan anggota dan pegawai JPJ.
Terdahulu, Timbalan Pendakwaan Raya Suruhanjaya Pencegahan Rasuah Malaysia (SPRM), Muhammad Ashraf Mohamed Tahir, berhujah supaya hukuman setimpal dikenakan sebagai pengajaran kepada tertuduh dan masyarakat agar tidak mengulangi dan melakukan kesalahan sama.
Peguam bela, Hafizatul Shahirah Jamari, merayu hukuman ringan atas alasan tertuduh hanya membantu isterinya berniaga secara kecik-kecilan dengan pendapatan tidak menentu antara RM100 hingga RM200 sehari dan perlu menanggung isteri, anak dan bapa mentua yang sakit.
Katanya, tertuduh yang hanya bersekolah Darjah 6 terpedaya dengan ajakan rakan-rakan di JPJ untuk melakukan kesalahan itu serta sudah insaf.
Selepas mendengar hujah kedua-dua pihak, Elesabet mengenakan hukuman denda RM56,000 bagi semua 20 pertuduhan pilihan serta menetapkan tertuduh dipenjara antara sebulan hingga enam bulan jika gagal membayar denda.
Tertuduh membayar denda berkenaan.
Berikutan tertuduh mengaku bersalah atas 20 pertuduhan pilihan, mahkamah melepas tanpa membebaskannya (DNAA) daripada 23 pertuduhan lain selepas dipohon pihak pendakwan.
Tertuduh sebelum ini didakwa atas 47 pertuduhan utama mengikut Seksyen 16 (a) (b) Akta SPRM 2009 dan boleh dihukum mengikut Seksyen 24 (1) akta sama, jika disabitkan boleh dipenjara maksimum 20 tahun dan denda minimum lima kali ganda nilai suapan atau RM10,000, mengikut mana lebih tinggi, namun pendakwaan menawarkan pertuduhan pilihan hari ini dan dia mengaku bersalah.
– Berita Harian
You have proof that that is all he does? Do you know that hundreds of millions are collected by the department from this, and thus a lot of their projects need not seek federal government funding?
Nothing wrong in selling in the free market. One thing he brought to the service is e-bidding, reducing the role of agents and middleman and thus reducing cost of acquiring car numbers.
POWER increase 100 pionts ?
say until like it’s not their problem, you have insiders thats why these tontos know where and how to hide.
cowdung la. All the bribery given by type m
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