KUALA LUMPUR: The government should establish an online system enabling the public to bid for unsold number plates, says a government backbencher.
Datuk Mohd Isam Mohd Isa (BN-Tampin) said the losses reported in the Auditor-General's Report 3/2025 will only increase the following year, if no steps are taken to address this.
“The figures reflect weaknesses in the current bidding system. Why did this happen in the first place and left as is, by the Road Transport Department (JPJ)?” he said while debating the Auditor-General's Report 3/2025 in the Dewan Rakyat on Tuesday (Oct 7).
Mohd Isam also raised concerns over number plate touts that are reselling number plates over social media.
“Is this legally allowed and what is the government doing to curb this?
“If this cannot be addressed, the current bidding system, which was established to ease the process, has been diverted from its purpose,” he said.
The Auditor-General’s Report Series 3/2025 revealed that the JPJ should have collected an excess of RM115.96mil from the sale of vehicle registration numbers.
The latest audit found that inactive numbers worth RM112.73mil were not released to the public and approvals worth RM2.41mil were not revoked despite applicants failing to meet conditions.
On another matter, Mohd Isam proposed that the contractors and developers responsible for delays in projects be blacklisted, and their licences revoked.
“A special task force must be formed to monitor all sick projects under the 13th Malaysia Plan,” he said.
He also questioned if the uncompleted projects under the Education Ministry and Rural and Regional Development Ministry were due to procurement matters, unrealistic planning or poor supervision.
The Education Ministry and the Rural and Regional Development Ministry topped the list of ministries with the most uncompleted projects, according to the Auditor-General's Report 3/2025.
The Education Ministry currently has 112 projects that have been cancelled and placed on hold, while another 840 projects have yet to be implemented.
Another 554 projects are in the process of being completed, whereas 534 projects have been completed.
As for the Rural and Regional Development Ministry, 10 projects have been cancelled or put on hold.
Some 540 projects have yet to be implemented, 866 projects are ongoing and 405 projects have been completed.
All these projects were under the 12th Malaysian Plan.
