Putting the brakes on ‘mat lajak’ menace

Dangerous pastime: ‘Mat lajaks’ doing daring stunts while riding their modified bicycles near Taman Kulai Utama in Kulai, Johor.

JOHOR BARU: A special police crackdown against the mat lajak (teenagers involved in illegal bicycle racing) menace has resulted in 91 modified bicycles being taken off the streets.

Johor police chief Comm Datuk Mohd Khalil Kader Mohd said the parents of the teenagers were also called in to meet with police.