Alarming number of Rohingya found driving without licenses in Melaka says JPJ


Muhammad Firdaus looking at one of the confiscated cars driven by a Rohingya man without a driving licence.

MELAKA: The high number of Rohingya riding or driving vehicles here without valid licences are alarming, says the Melaka Road Transport Department (JPJ).

Department director Muhammad Firdaus Shariff said 63 individuals from the community had their vehicles confiscated for being on the road without a licence from the start of this year to July.

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