Cop who issued summons for non-display of road tax to be called up

 

Transport minister Loke Siew Fook said in February that motorists need not display their road tax on their windscreens and could use a digital display instead. (Bernama pic)

PETALING JAYA: The police will be calling up an officer for allegedly handing out a traffic summons to a motorist for failing to display his road tax recently.

Petaling Jaya police chief Fakhrudin Abdul Hamid said the incident came to light after Facebook user Faiz Sulaiman posted images of a summons he received for failing to display his road tax on the car he was driving.

“Checks by the police showed that the summons was issued on April 16 at Jalan Lapangan Terbang Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah, Petaling Jaya, for failing to display a valid road tax on the vehicle.

“Orders have been given to all field officers to not issue summonses for this offence, following the orders given by transport minister Loke Siew Fook on Feb 10,” Fakhrudin said in a statement yesterday.

He said the summons issued to the motorist has been cancelled and internal investigations will be carried out on the officer in question.

Yesterday, Faiz’s plight was shared by several social media users. According to his original post, the incident occurred last Saturday when he was driving a car that did not belong to him.

He informed the police officer the owner of the car did not display his road tax as it was in his MyJPJ app.

Despite his explanation, he was issued the summons. Faiz said the officer told him he needed to obtain the account details from the owner to show the road tax through the MyJPJ app on his own phone. - FMT