Lorry operators use intimidation tactics on towing companies to avoid being weighed, says JPJ


TAIPING: Some lorry operators resorted to threatening towing companies to avoid sending their vehicles for weighing over suspected overloading during an operation conducted by the Road Transport Department (JPJ) in Perak on Friday.

RTD senior enforcement director Muhammad Kifli Ma Hassan said the "Ops Khas Lebih Muatan" was conducted simultaneously at five locations: the North-South Expressway (PLUS) in Changkat Jering (northbound), Gunung Semanggol, Manjung and Seri Iskandar.

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