The road transport department (JPJ) has announced that a popular motivational speaker has been detained after being caught using a different registration number on the rear of his Toyota Fortuner to evade AWAS camera detection.
According to the department’s senior director of enforcement, Datuk Muhammad Kifli Ma Hassan, the 50-year-old man was caught using a genuine PRF registration number on the front of his SUV, but had a nearly identical – and also genuine – RF plate number on the rear, omitting one letter to confuse the AWAS system.
He said the individual’s actions had resulted in 42 AWAS summonses totalling RM12,600 being being issued to the owner of the nearly identical registration number since September 2023.
The case was detected after the owner of the rear number plate from Perlis was blacklisted for a traffic offence he didn’t commit, and proceeded to file a report on the matter, Bernama reports. Investigations found that the number was being used on another vehicle of the same type and model, but a different colour.
Following further investigation, the department, through its highway patrol unit, detained the man on the North-South expressway near the Behrang RSA at 9.30 pm last Saturday, along with the vehicle involved.
“The man involved admitted to modifying the rear plate number to avoid AWAS detection, and as such, all the AWAS summonses will be transferred to his vehicle,” Muhammad Kifli said. He said the case was being investigated under Section 108(3)(f) of the Road Transport Act 1987 for displaying a false registration number, with the seizure of the vehicle being made under Section 64(1) of the same act.
“If convicted, the owner can be fined not less than RM5,000 and not more than RM20,000 or imprisoned for between one and five years, or both,” he said.
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Orang macam ini denda 20k tak jadi masalah Dan akan ketawa selepas bayar denda… Kalau boleh, 2 minggu penjara lebih baik la…
He already demotivated the real plate owner for the whole while.
actually he motivated the real plate owner + authorities to hunt him down.
5k to 20k fine is nothing laa. Confiscate the car n put him in jail at least 2yrs. Faking number plate is a serious offence.
so what is pdrm, AG, and law minister doing ? do they expect Loke to do their jobs for them ?
The AES has motivated him to alter his plate number.
Society scum!
this wont be the only case of using fake plates.
It is too easy to buy a plate from online platforms.
Yet our enforcement will not punish the seller/dealer. they only tackle the users. It is a loop-hole in law enforcement. BOLEH-land.
look at the picture carefully ok . its not using fake plates, the driver simply removed one letter from the original plate
jail this aholes, do the crime, do the time
hypocrite
The owner of the actual number should file a civil lawsuit against him. Authority fines are not enough!
Is it a genuine case of the alphabet “P” dropped off? Can it be proven the intent to mislead the cameras exist?
the real question is how does the culprit know that an exact same model with same colour with same registration minus one number exists? probably both owners are members of the fortuner owners club. moral of the story is dont join owners club because your member may “steal” your identity.
Owner admitted falsifying and purposely “dropping” off the P letter to avoid the AWAS detection. mentioned in the article
the real question is how does the culprit know that an exact same model with same colour with same registration minus one character exists? “swossh” the sound of wind blowing thru head
Seems like someone is going to use this issue to push for RFID plate number implementation. Probably already have a deal with supplier.
Meh…baru buat keje ini authority. You go out…can spot vehicles with “purposefully” missing or obstructed letter / numbers, 6 that look like b, 3 that look like 8, u looks like v …w look like m and so on. Skrg baru buat keje lepas org report.
hello, the deception only works if you can trick the authorities into going after another identical car model with same colour wiht same number plate.
Shouldve reclassified case as cheating and be sent to jail..