KOTA KINABALU: A junior civil servant who daringly drove around with a fake car’s licence plate of D3VIL for the last three months in the city here has been caught by the police.
The 33-year-old local from Papar was arrested by the policemen after he was caught in a six-hour operations along the Coastal Road in Asia City here from 2pm on Thursday.
Kota Kinabalu City police chief Asst Comm M.Chandra said that he was arrested for fixing a fake licence plate which is an offence under the Road Transport Act and carries a maximum fine of RM5000 or one year jail or both.
He said investigations found that the Perodua Viva vehicle owned by the driver did not have a valid road tax and he had been driving the vehicle for the last three-months from his home in Kinarut to his workplace in Likas here.
“We also detected another case last week where an owner had fixed `Selamat Hari Raya’ as the car plate and we have taken action. I urge motorist or car owners not to challenge the laws by doing such acts,’’ ACP Chandra told reporters at press conference here today.
He said during the special operations police had also booked four vans used without proper permits for ferry tourists.
