SHORTCUTS TO LICENSE: (Jan 14) The Star sent out a team of reporters to pose as learner drivers in various parts of the country and found that some driving schools had been offering “shortcuts” to their students. These institutes openly asked for duit kopi, claiming they knew the testers or people inside the Road Transport Department (JPJ) who could make it easy for learner drivers to “breeze through” their tests. JPJ has, meanwhile, denied such claims and asked for reports and evidence.
IC FOR SALE: (Jan 16) Syndicates, believed to be run by Pakistanis, were found to be selling forged Malaysian identity cards to their countrymen. Pakistanis come to Malaysia on tourist visas with a validity of up to 90 days. They then obtain fake identity cards from the syndicates. One that’s operating in Kuala Lumpur and Selangor is also said to be using Malaysia as a transit point for human trafficking.
