Travelling to Malaysia following the complete lifting of land border restrictions? It’s advised to check beforehand for unsettled traffic violations.
The Royal Malaysia Police posted a Facebook post on April 7 regarding the outstanding traffic summons in Malaysia.
A total of 143,427 traffic summons have been issued to Singaporeans between 2016 and 2021, according to Bukit Aman Traffic Investigation and Enforcement Department (JSPT) director Datuk Mat Kasim Karim.
Of this number, 108,757 still have to be paid.
The summons covered various offences such as cutting queues, ignoring traffic signals, driving over the speed limit and failing to wear a seatbelt or helmet.
Datuk Mat Kasim said authorities could prevent Singaporean traffic offenders with outstanding summons from exiting Malaysia.
He added that the total number of summons was not due to lacking enforcement measures but because police did not have the offenders’ addresses to send the summons to.
Malaysian authorities will release a new registration system that would allow the police to acquire the needed information on traffic offenders for issuing summons.
“You are to settle any outstanding summons chalked up across the Causeway or risk getting arrested, detained overnight, and charged in court in Malaysia,” wrote Facebook page ROADS.sg on Friday (April 9), sharing news of the announcement.
Members from the online community also noted that the vehicles with pending traffic offences may have changed owners during the time period. “Bad luck for those who bought these cars as they can be caught by surprise by Malaysian police,” said Facebook user Joseph Sim.
ROADS.sg attached the following link where motorists can check for outstanding fines./TISG