Final week, it was reported that Puspakom would now not permit a number of slot bookings for a similar quantity plate in an try to weed out middlemen and ‘runners’ who’ve been discovered to promote inspection appointment slots for a revenue.
How a lot revenue, you ask? Nicely, apparently to the tune of 200 instances the unique value for a slot, the New Straits Instances studies. In response to Puspakom CEO Mahmood Razak Bahman, these intermediaries are making practically RM750 in revenue by promoting a number of inspection appointment slots. “One appointment slot prices solely RM3.50, however some are promoting it for as much as RM750,” he stated.
He stated that one of many ways used was utilizing the identical chassis quantity however completely different automobile registration numbers to safe a number of appointment slots. “Investigations are nonetheless ongoing with the help of the street transport division (JPJ). We’re trying into who and why they’re doing this, and we are going to name within the concerned runners,” he stated.
In addition to now not permitting a number of slot bookings for a similar quantity plate, Puspakom stated that it’s going to enhance on the reserving system by freezing the unique slot whether it is postponed to a different day. The transfer is to forestall the unique slot from being misused or offered to a different get together.
In the meantime, JPJ director-general Datuk Aedy Fadly Ramli stated the division was searching for help from related businesses just like the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Fee (MACC) to find out what actions could possibly be taken towards the concerned runners.
He stated that JPJ was making an attempt to trace down the runners, however had no success thus far. “For now, regardless of all our efforts, we now have not been capable of contact them. So, we’re exploring different strategies to find them,” he stated.
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