Selangor JPJ issues 632 compound notices to traffic offenders


KUALA LUMPUR: The Selangor Road Transport Department (JPJ) has issued 632 compound notices for various traffic offences to motorists during a two-hour integrated operation at the Awan Besar toll plaza (Bukit Jalil-bound), here on Wednesday night.

JPJ enforcement senior director Datuk Lokman Jamaan said the notices included 498 summonses involving five major traffic offences – namely failing to comply with traffic lights, driving on emergency lanes, using mobile phones while driving, overtaking at double lines and speeding.

Others were inspection orders (81), prohibitions on using a vehicle (34), weighing orders (10) and vehicle seizures (nine).

"A total of 1,122 vehicles were inspected and action was taken against 401 for various offences," he told a press conference after the operation at the toll plaza.

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Lokman said other than JPJ, the operation also involved personnel from various agencies such as the Police, Immigration Department, National Anti-Drugs Agency, Environment Department, Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission and Computerised Vehicle Inspection Centre.

He said in the joint operation, the Environment Department checked 15 vehicles and took action against eight for noise pollution, while 12 foreigners were detained by the Immigration Department for not having valid identification documents.

Lokman added that the operation also saw the arrest of six individuals by the National Anti-Drugs Agency for drug-related offences.
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