Transport Minister has summons for speeding and illegal tinting

KUALA LUMPUR: With an ongoing police operation to nab traffic summons offenders under Ops Warta, Segambut Member of Parliament Lim Lip Eng called on the authorities to not be selective in their enforcement but fair and impartial.
Lim who is also a lawyer alleged today that the authorities had turned a blind eye to three unpaid traffic summons issued against Transport Minister Liow Tiong Lai (pix).
He said he had carried out checks in the Road Transport Department's website and found that Liow had summons issued to his vehicle for speeding and illegal tinting between 2012 and 2014.
"While the police are compelling traffic offenders to pay up their summons, the transport minister who should set an example by settling his fines has failed to do so. According to JPJ's records, two of the summons were issued under the AES (Automated Enforcement System).The authorities should not practise double standards and be selective in enforcing the law." he said.
However,federal traffic police chief Datuk Mohd Fuad Abd Latiff when contacted by theSun clarified that the police the arrest warrants served to errant motorists in the ongoing Ops Warta are for summons that were issued by police and not other agencies.
"Our operation is aimed at those who had defaulted traffic police summons only and not JPJ or the AES which does not come under our scope. We do not practise selective or partial enforcement. Regardless of the common motorist or a VIP, if they do not pay up their traffic summons fine and there is a arrest warrant with their name on it, they will have to face the music." he said.
As of today, Ops Warta launched on May 19 saw 1009 people arrested and 4616 with arrest warrants surrendering to police.
Police said 721 of those held were freed on bail while 288 were charged in court for various traffic offences.