KUALA LUMPUR: The police and Road Transport Department (JPJ) personnel are equipped to make electronic checks on valid vehicle road tax, says Transport Minister Anthony Loke.
"Police or JPJ no longer look at or check the road tax sticker in the car.
"There is no need to physically check,“ he told the Dewan Rakyat on Wednesday (Nov 20).
Enforcement agencies can check on their devices if a vehicle has a valid road tax by keying in its plate number, he added.
Mohd Hasnizan Harun (PN-Hulu Selangor) had asked about the situation at roadblocks for elderly motorists, who may have problems showing enforcement officers their digital road tax.
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Loke also said 13.7 million people have downloaded the MyJPJ mobile application to date, while 10.7 million have registered for a JPJ electronic ID.
“This means that there should be at least 10 million individuals using the My JPJ app,” he said, adding that this supports the country's direction towards digitalisation.
Loke stressed that his ministry would not slow down on its path to digitalisation.
"We will see what other improvements we can make so that this process can continue and improve the efficiency of government departments," he said.
