Fines in JB

[Zhi Ming]

Dec 31, 2009

Johor blitz to catch Singaporean motorists with unpaid fines

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Malaysian police have been checking all Singapore cars in a bid to catch drivers with outstanding fines. Those caught have to hand over their passports and are escorted to police stations. Their passports are returned to them once they pay up. -- PHOTO: BERITA HARIAN

 

MOTORISTS heading across the Causeway may want to pay any outstanding Malaysian traffic summonses online before heading off, or have extra cash on hand, as the Johor police are out in force in a bid to clear their books of unpaid fines.

 

Singapore vehicle owners are said to owe over RM100 million (S$41 million) in fines for about 350,000 outstanding traffic summonses, some of which date back to 1990, according to Malaysian police officials.

 

Some motorists here are said to owe several thousand Malaysian ringgit worth of fines from multiple unpaid tickets.

 

Over the last few days, roadblocks have been set up at different locations around the state, including just outside the Sultan Iskandar Customs, Immigration and Quarantine Complex to which the Causeway leads.

 

Yesterday morning, Johor police put up another roadblock in Pasir Gudang.

 

Motorists found to have outstanding fines have to hand over their passports to the Traffic Police and are escorted to police stations to pay their fines. Their passports are returned to them once they have paid.

 

Johor's Traffic Police head, Superintendent Raveendran Tharumalingam, told The Straits Times yesterday: 'We are still evaluating the operations, and depending on the results, we will decide how many more weeks we will continue with it.'

 

He could not say how many motorists had been caught so far, but added that his officers carried out these checks for unpaid fines several times a year.

 

Motorist Saiful Azam Abduallah, 41, who was stopped at a roadblock on Tuesday, told Berita Harian he had been told to pay RM300 for a 2007 summons - he was caught speeding in Negri Sembilan.

 

'They gave me a discount and I only had to pay RM200 before I got my passport back,' he said.

 

Motorists can visit http://www.myeg.com.my; http://www.rilek.com.my and http://www.eservices.com.my to check on their fines and pay them.

 

They can also visit any Malaysian traffic police office to pay their fines.

 

Any bikers who kanna or they only stop cars ?

[adesmond2]

all links cannot just key in plate number lei... have to register?

[NaRuTo13]

all links cannot just key in plate number lei... have to register?

 

http://www.rilek.my/webapps/pdrm/index.php

 

dont have to register what.. juz type foreign car number and the security code and there you goes on the result.

[adesmond2]

http://www.rilek.my/webapps/pdrm/index.php

 

dont have to register what.. juz type foreign car number and the security code and there you goes on the result.

 

thanks.. checked.. i'm cleared..

[CyanSupra]

den why they nv summon their kup riders?

[ZellGlory]

hmm, cant see mine anymore on tat side. did they clean up their database? haha