Normally, international nationals caught committing driving-related offences by authorities have gotten nabbed for driving and not using a legitimate licence or highway tax and insurance coverage, in addition to for technical offences comparable to unauthorised automobile modifications, however the highway transport division (JPJ) says it has detected cases of international drivers utilizing native driving licences.
In response to the division’s deputy director-general (administration and operations), Datuk Jazmanie Shafawi, these offences have been recorded throughout all states throughout nationwide operations, because the New Straits Occasions stories.
He stated that a few of the international drivers concerned have been United Nations Excessive Commissioner for Refugees’ (UNHCR) cardholders. “JPJ has been working carefully with the immigration division to implement towards international drivers utilizing native licences,” he stated. It was not disclosed what number of instances there have been and if the native driving licences have been authentic or flying license.
Enforcement towards international drivers has definitely been there. Earlier this month, it was reported that the division issued 482,742 saman price RM25.3 million to international drivers from 2023 to 2025 for numerous site visitors offences, with most of these fined being Rohingya, Bangladeshi, Indonesian, Center Japanese, Indian and Chinese language nationals. Autos have additionally been seized, with over 15,700 such instances recorded in the course of the interval.
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