Putrajaya (The Star/ANN) - Only 4% of the 17.3 million
outstanding traffic summonses at the end of last month have been
settled a week after an extension was granted on the 50% discount
offer, Malaysian Deputy Home Minister Datuk Wira Abu Seman Yusop
said.
He said that despite calls from motorists for an extension to
the original Feb 28 deadline, only 700,000 summonses were settled
as at yesterday.
"If the offenders are genuine in their intention, they should
come forward and pay their fines.
"We urge motorists, who still have 16.6 million outstanding
summonses, to quickly settle their fines because the deadline ends
on Thursday," he told reporters.
The Government granted the extension after
considering problems of long queues, lack of counters and a stalled
computer system.
During the initial discount period, which began from Aug 12 last
year, 5.5 million summonses were paid.
Abu Seman said motorists disputing notices of saman ekor could
lodge a police report and submit evidence to show that the action
against them was not justified.
