Pedestrians were summoned by the police for not presenting road toll stamps, contrary to the notice of the Ministry of Transport
On 10 February this year, transport minister Anthony Loke announced that Malaysia’s road tax and driver’s licenses have been moved to digital, allowing checks to be performed on the MyJPJ mobile app and therefore no longer require a road tax sticker glued to the windshield of the car.
However, it is reported that the police have continued to issue summons to private vehicle drivers who do not have a road tax sticker on their windshield.
UPDATE: A refresh of Faiz Sulaiman’s Facebook post revealed that authorities acknowledged that there had been errors and had provided him with an explanation.
from one Facebook post, Faiz Sulaiman said that he was stopped by the police near Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport (Subang Airport), where the officer present issued a summons for not displaying the road tax sticker and for not displaying Digital road tax on MpJPJ mobile app. Faiz ran a workshop and the car he was driving at the time belonged to a workshop customer.
Check on website of the Ministry of Transport displays a list of frequently asked questions regarding the MyJPJ app, stating that downloading and using the mobile app is optional, not required.
The second entry on the list, more directly related to the problem Faiz faced, states that in the case of a vehicle being driven by someone other than its owner, the digital road tax can can be printed out and kept in the vehicle (in the absence of a traditional road tax sticker).
It goes on to say that even if a motorist fails to present proof of road tax documentation, it does not constitute an offense as law enforcement officers will check the details of the vehicle. media through their device.
When insistent that the driver referred to the road transport department (JPJ) due to the inability to access the MyJPJ app on behalf of the vehicle owner, the officer acted contrary to the transport minister’s notice.
