The nationwide Ops Luxurious crackdown on un-road taxed and uninsured luxurious autos continues, and the Melaka highway transport division (JPJ) has seized seven luxurious autos with an estimated complete worth of almost RM6 million between July 1 and 12, Bernama reviews.
“The newest luxurious car seized was a Toyota Alphard pushed by a Myanmar nationwide with six different males of the identical nationality, touring from Kuala Lumpur to Johor Bahru. The seizure occurred on the Jasin toll entrance round 10 am this morning.
“The motive force was discovered to not have a sound driving licence, and none of them had legitimate journey paperwork earlier than being handed over to the police for additional motion,” Melaka JPJ director Siti Zarina Mohd Yusop mentioned yesterday, including that the Alphard is owned by a Malaysian and {that a} detailed investigation is underway to find out if the automobile was rented to the foreigners concerned.
Individually, 36 motorbikes ridden by foreigners had been additionally seized underneath Ops PeWA (pemandu/penunggang warga asing) yesterday in Melaka, she revealed.
“The foreigners using bikes had been from Indonesia, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Rohingya, Myanmar and Vietnam. The primary offences detected had been driving and not using a licence, expired highway tax and lack of insurance coverage,” she mentioned.
JPJ has reportedly recognized over 1,000 luxurious autos in Malaysia with long-expired highway tax, a few of that are apparently owned by celebrities and outstanding enterprise figures who declare the vehicles are solely used as ‘weekend vehicles’. ‘Lupa‘ (I forgot) is one other excuse. June’s Ops Luxurious, July’s Ops Luxurious 2.0 and the latest Ops Luxurious 3.0 have altogether seized 258 vehicles.
JPJ’s Ops Luxurious, Ops Luxurious 2.0 and Ops Luxurious 3.0
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