traffic summons

Lately the newspapers reported on the traffic summonses of the PM and his Cabinet Ministers. Some dated over 7 years ago! I say walk the talk PM and his Cabinet. On one hand advicing the people to drive carefully and on the other hand they become the speed kings on the road! People want to know why they are not arrested for failing to settle their traffic summonses. Because they are the PM, Deputy PM and Cabinet Ministers. Nobody is above the country's laws and these people shouldnt grant any exception. Walk the talk IGP! Of course I check for my traffic offences but I dont get any. This year I never check again. Perhaps I should go to check. In case somebody uses my name to commit. I never know. Bank loans have been granted to people who are not genuine as claim in their ID cards. Pay extra precaution.....next time I better hop in to the balai and see what is in store for me...Here is the article I picked up on traffic summons committed by the Cabinet members.




VIP traffic summonses: Why no arrest warrants?Sulaiman RejabJul 13, 06 4:02pm


I refer to your exclusive report 18 more ministers among 'elite' speedsters. If one says that selected prosecution does not take place in Malaysia, please laugh. Ministers are getting away with unpaid traffic summonses while the ordinary man is being dragged to the lock-up in the wee hours of the morning. Inspector-General of Police Mohd Bakri Omar must explain the police's failure to arrest the prime minister, the deputy prime minister and other cabinet ministers for not paying their traffic summonses, some dating back to late 1990s. Why the double standard? When the ordinary man, who surely earns much less than these ministers, fails to pay his or her summonses, the police take great pains to go to court and obtain warrants of arrest. If the IGP cannot give a satisfactory answer as to why there are no warrants of arrest against these ministers, who in their hypocritical political speeches and Hari Raya messages advice motorists to drive slowly and carefully, then he should obviously resign for failing in his duties. No doubt that in most cases, it is the ministers' drivers who commit the traffic offence, but while ferrying whom? The deputy prime minister has collected summonses dating back to 1999 and owes the government about RM8,000. And guess what? No warrant of arrest. Works Minister S Samy Vellu, with 143 unpaid summonses, still owes the government RM17,460. He is followed by Foreign Affairs Minister Syed Hamid Albar, who has racked up 121 unpaid summonses totaling RM15,200 over the past seven years. Close on his heels is Human Resources Minister Dr Fong Chan Onn, with a debt of RM15,230 from 115 summonses issued from May 21, 2001 up to April this year.
Entrepreneur and Co-operative Development Minister Mohamed Khaled Nordin is said to owe RM12,190 from 93 summonses over a period of seven years. Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi had 11 summons, Women, Family and Community Development Minister Sharizat Abdul Jalil had 23 and International Trade and Industry Minister Rafidah Aziz had 10. Youth and Sports Minister Azalina Othman had 28 recorded against her name.
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