A waste management company will be summoned to face the Road Transport Department (JPJ) after 22 of its garbage trucks were seized. Speaking at a press conference in Banting, Selangor, JPJ director-general Datuk Aedy Fadly Ramli said, “the meeting aims to remind KDEBWM that their vehicles are not allowed to operate on the road without complying with traffic laws and safety regulations.”
The company is question is KDEB Waste Management (KDEBWM), as reported by daily The Star. The matter was brought forward to Transport Minister Anthony Loke, who has recently been focusing enforcement action on overloaded heavy vehicles.
“We seized 22 garbage trucks belonging to the company, which committed 154 offences, including operating without insurance and motor vehicle licences, as well as being driven by foreign nationals without valid driving licences.” said Fadly. He also urged KDEBWM to address and rectify violations on its garbage trucks, especially those operating on public roads.
Fadly also commended KDEBWM for settling 22,017 outstanding summonses amounting to RM3.1 million in compound payments. “We appreciate KDEBWM’s initiative, but repeated offences are still being committed by some contractors under the company,” he said.
Meanwhile, JPJ Senior Enforcement Director Datuk Muhammad Kifli Ma Hassan has been directed to deploy enforcement teams from Selangor and Kuala Lumpur to detain and seize any KDEWM garbage trucks found flouting the law. KDEBWM recently came into the spotlight when the driver one of its garbage trucks lost control approaching a toll plaza on the LDP, crashing into a concrete barrier.
According to reports, Subang Jaya Police Chief, Assistant Commissioner Wan Azlan Wan Mamat said the garbage truck driver, an Indonesian national, fled the scene after crashing into the toll plaza, while the truck attendant, a 42-year-old Bangladeshi man, suffered head and facial injuries.
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