Government needs money, traffic offenders are being harassed!
Reading Traffic cops make first Ops Warta IV arrest, reminds me of the olden days tale of thugs employed by the village heads.
These thugs go around collecting money (protection money?) from people living around the villages. The money, and any other forms of payments, e.g. grains of rice, villages produce are then in turn, used by the village head to offset his living expenses as well as his thugs.
Can't really see where the similarity ends with this latest police operation. Perampas Duit Rakyat Malaysia!
The Star Online > Nation
Thursday June 2, 2005
Traffic cops make first Ops Warta IV arrest
KUALA LUMPUR: Police restarted their operation yesterday to nab traffic offenders who have not paid up their fines, and at 1.30pm, a salesman with 11 outstanding summonses was arrested at his home.
The 22-year-old, who works in a supermarket here, was caught at Taman Ibu Kota in Setapak, and earned the dubious distinction of being the first traffic offender to be arrested under the second phase of Ops Warta IV.
It is learnt that the man was served with seven warrants of arrest for beating traffic lights.
Earlier, at a press conference in Bukit Aman, Federal traffic police administration department head Supt A. Wahab Rahman said 731,197 warrants of arrest would be issued to motorists during the current second phase of Ops Warta IV. The first phase was from Jan 17 to May 31.
“Our advice to those who have not paid up is to do so. With the warrants of arrest in our hands, we can pick them up anywhere, whether they are at home or office,” said Supt A. Wahab.
He said that during the first phase of Ops Warta IV, 88,269 warrants of arrest were executed.
From 2001 to 2004, police issued 19.8 million summonses, of which over 10.4 million were settled.
If the fines imposed on the offenders were at the maximum amount of RM300 for each sum-
mons, the total collection would be about RM2.8bil.
Supt A. Wahab said those who had not paid up could do so at any police district headquarters, which would be open from 8am to 9pm on weekdays and 9am to 2pm on weekends, but closed on public holidays.
Payment counters had also been set up at six department stores and shopping complexes – at Jaya Jusco in One Utama, Prangin Mall in Penang, Terminal One in Seremban, Giant in Johor Baru and Kepayan in Kota Kinabalu. These would be open from 4pm to 9pm on weekdays and 2pm to 9pm on weekends, but closed on public holidays.
Supt A. Wahab said payments could also be made at the Air Keroh, North Tapah, Tanjung Malim and Temerloh R&R stops along the North-South Expressway at. The counters are open from 2pm to 7pm.
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These thugs go around collecting money (protection money?) from people living around the villages. The money, and any other forms of payments, e.g. grains of rice, villages produce are then in turn, used by the village head to offset his living expenses as well as his thugs.
Can't really see where the similarity ends with this latest police operation. Perampas Duit Rakyat Malaysia!
The Star Online > Nation
Thursday June 2, 2005
Traffic cops make first Ops Warta IV arrest
KUALA LUMPUR: Police restarted their operation yesterday to nab traffic offenders who have not paid up their fines, and at 1.30pm, a salesman with 11 outstanding summonses was arrested at his home.
The 22-year-old, who works in a supermarket here, was caught at Taman Ibu Kota in Setapak, and earned the dubious distinction of being the first traffic offender to be arrested under the second phase of Ops Warta IV.
It is learnt that the man was served with seven warrants of arrest for beating traffic lights.
Earlier, at a press conference in Bukit Aman, Federal traffic police administration department head Supt A. Wahab Rahman said 731,197 warrants of arrest would be issued to motorists during the current second phase of Ops Warta IV. The first phase was from Jan 17 to May 31.
“Our advice to those who have not paid up is to do so. With the warrants of arrest in our hands, we can pick them up anywhere, whether they are at home or office,” said Supt A. Wahab.
He said that during the first phase of Ops Warta IV, 88,269 warrants of arrest were executed.
From 2001 to 2004, police issued 19.8 million summonses, of which over 10.4 million were settled.
If the fines imposed on the offenders were at the maximum amount of RM300 for each sum-
mons, the total collection would be about RM2.8bil.
Supt A. Wahab said those who had not paid up could do so at any police district headquarters, which would be open from 8am to 9pm on weekdays and 9am to 2pm on weekends, but closed on public holidays.
Payment counters had also been set up at six department stores and shopping complexes – at Jaya Jusco in One Utama, Prangin Mall in Penang, Terminal One in Seremban, Giant in Johor Baru and Kepayan in Kota Kinabalu. These would be open from 4pm to 9pm on weekdays and 2pm to 9pm on weekends, but closed on public holidays.
Supt A. Wahab said payments could also be made at the Air Keroh, North Tapah, Tanjung Malim and Temerloh R&R stops along the North-South Expressway at. The counters are open from 2pm to 7pm.
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