Former RTD deputy DG fined RM2,000 for driving on emergency lane

PUTRAJAYA: Former Road Transport Department (RTD) deputy director-general Datuk Yusoff Ayob was fined the maximum RM2,000 for illegally using the emergency lane during a traffic jam.
Magistrate Muhammad Zaki Abd Kudos found Yusoff guilty of the offence, folllowing the testimony and submissions heard in court during the trial.
He meted out the maximum RM2,000 fine, in default four months prison.
Yusoff, 58, was charged on July 18 with driving a vehicle with the plate number BLY 68 on the emergency lane in Lingkaran Putrajaya here at 6.27pm on Oct 7 last year.
During mitigation, Yusoff's counsel lawyer Datuk Baljit Singh Sidhu called on the magistrate to impose an adequate sentence.
Deputy public prosecutor Muhammad Izzat Fauzan then urged the court to impose an exemplary sentence, with a fine and prison time so that others would not commit similar offences in the future.
Muhammd Izzat added that Yusoff needed to be held under a higher standard as he was a high-ranking civil servant within the RTD.
At present, Yusoff is currently serving the Public Service Department following a transfer on July 21.