KULAI: An individual with Singapore Permanent Resident (PR) status will be charged at the Magistrate's Court here on Wednesday (Jan 14) for intentionally altering or obscuring a vehicle registration plate.
Kulai OCPD Asst Comm Tan Seng Lee said the offence under Section 108(3)E of the Road Transport Act 1987 carries a fine of RM5,000 to RM20,000 upon conviction.
"The offender could also be jailed between one and five years," he said in a statement on Tuesday (Jan 13).
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ACP Tan said police received a report on Jan 4 about a viral video that showed a silver-coloured car being refuelled with RON95 at a petrol station here.
The first and last letters of the car’s registration plate were obscured by black tape, seemingly to make it look like a Malaysian plate.
An unidentified man confronted the driver, who claimed he was a Malaysian.
Police then identified the driver as a 63-year-old Singapore PR holder.
The man later presented himself at the district police headquarters here together with his 67-year-old wife to assist in the investigation.
