PETALING JAYA: More than 100 luxury cars have been seized by the Road Transport Department (JPJ) for various traffic offences, says its director-general Datuk Aedy Fadly Ramli.
He said the vehicles will be kept at a depot, with further action to be taken under the Road Transport Act 1987 and related laws.
As of yesterday, he said 101 luxury cars were identified to have various offences committed by their owners.
Of the number, Selangor and Kuala Lumpur recorded the highest number of cases (17 each), followed by Penang (14), Perak (11), Johor (10), Kedah (nine), Pahang and Melaka (five each), Negri Sembilan (four), Kelantan (three), Terengganu and Sabah (two each), while Sarawak and Perlis had one each.
The offences include expired road tax, no motor vehicle insurance coverage, displaying the number plate of another registered vehicle, using illegitimate number plates and the chassis number not matching with system data.
“This operation shows that JPJ will not turn a blind eye towards any quarters that fail to comply with road laws.
“Owning a luxury vehicle is no reason to ignore one’s responsibility as a road user,” he said in a statement.
The operation, dubbed Ops Luxury, was carried out nationwide in efforts to strengthen enforcement against the ownership and usage of luxury cars in a manner that broke the law.
