Final week, it was reported that Puspakom would now not enable a number of slot bookings for a similar quantity plate in an try and 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 occasions the unique worth for a slot, the New Straits Occasions reviews. In line with Puspakom CEO Mahmood Razak Bahman, these intermediaries are making almost 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 mentioned.
He mentioned that one of many techniques 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 wanting into who and why they’re doing this, and we’ll name within the concerned runners,” he mentioned.
Moreover now not permitting a number of slot bookings for a similar quantity plate, Puspakom mentioned 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 celebration.
In the meantime, JPJ director-general Datuk Aedy Fadly Ramli mentioned the division was searching for help from related companies just like the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Fee (MACC) to find out what actions may very well be taken towards the concerned runners.
He mentioned that JPJ was making an attempt to trace down the runners, however had no success up to now. “For now, regardless of all our efforts, now we have not been capable of contact them. So, we’re exploring different strategies to find them,” he mentioned.
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