JPJ officer recommended no action to be taken against D-G, court told

Former Road Transport Department (JPJ) Deputy Director-general of Operations Datuk Yusoff Ayob (right) speaking with his counsel Datuk Baljit Singh Sidhu upon arrival at the Magistrate's Court in Putrajaya. MOHD SAHAR MISNI/The Star

PUTRAJAYA: A former Road Transport Department (JPJ) investigating officer recommended that no action should be taken against the department's former director-general Datuk Yusoff Ayob for driving on the emergency lane, but this was overruled.

Zailani Zainal Abidin said he suggested this to his immediate superior after recording a statement from the 58-year-old Yusoff during his investigation.