The Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM) recently revealed that 49,598 summonses have been issued by its Traffic Investigation and Enforcement Department (JSPT) to foreign vehicles in Malaysia from January 2022 to November 2024.
However, out of the number, only 8,593 of the summonses have been paid, with a whopping 41,005 summonses amounting to millions of ringgit yet to be settled.
PDRM issued 49,598 summonses to foreign-registered vehicles since 2022, a majority of them were from Singapore
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Harian Metro quoted JSPT Director Datuk Seri Mohd Yusri Hassan Basri as saying that most of the 49,598 summonses were issued to Singapore-registered vehicles.
Specifically, 33,033 summonses were issued to vehicles from Singapore, but only 4,391 of them have been paid. This means that 28,642 summonses issued to Singapore-registered vehicles while in Malaysia have yet to be settled.
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Taking the second spot on the list is Thailand, whereby during the same period, 7,725 summonses were issued by PDRM to Thai-registered vehicles, with 6,589 summonses still unpaid.
Meanwhile, Brunei-registered vehicles in Malaysia were issued 5,917 summonses (3,721 unpaid), Indonesia-registered vehicles 772 summonses (585 unpaid) and the remaining 2,151 summonses (1,468 unpaid) were vehicles from other countries.
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Mohd Yusri further revealed the offences that the foreign vehicles were responsible for out of the total 49,598 summonses:
- 33,226 were for speeding
- 4,576 were for ignoring traffic signals
- 3,514 were for blocking traffic
- 2,022 were for cutting queues
- 8,370 were for other offences
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In June last year, Transport Minister Anthony Loke Siew Fook reminded Singaporean drivers to clear any summonses they might have before leaving Malaysia.
Meanwhile, in October 2024, the newly enforced Vehicle Entry Permit (VEP) RFID tag was spotted displaying unpaid summonses of Singapore-registered vehicles while they passed through the Malaysia-Singapore border checkpoints.
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