Deputy Home Minister Nur Jazlan Mohamed said that the official government cars on government business, if caught speeding, may be exempt from paying summonses.
This is on condition the cabinet ministers and deputy ministers can justify they were rushing to official functions, he explained.
While admitting that no one should be above the law, he added there were exceptions such as when official cars break speed limits on government business.
"Sometimes we have to hurry to get to a function.
“Who's the police? Government. Who are the ministers? Government. If on government business, it's an internal matter to be solved within us," he said when met at the Parliament lobby today.
He explained that it was not a question of not paying summonses, as they would not be issued in the first place.
He, however, stressed that government officials observe speed limits most of the time.
"We not charging 110km/h all the way, sometimes we go as low as 50km/h," he asserted.
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