The highway transport division (JPJ) won’t compromise on unlawful racing, significantly among the many ‘mat rempit’ (unlawful motorbike racers), JPJ director-general Datuk Aedy Fadly Ramli mentioned, reported Bernama.
The division’s director-general warned organisers of unlawful racing that the JPJ takes security on highways critically, and motion might be taken in opposition to them.
“When conducting operations in opposition to ‘mat rempit’, particularly these involving a well-planned race with an enormous variety of motorists, JPJ can not act alone and we are going to work carefully with the police to organise built-in operations,” Aedy Fadly mentioned in response to a viral video depicting unlawful racers blocking part of the East Coast Expressway 1 close to Temerloh.
In line with the New Straits Instances, dashcam footage believed to have been recorded from a lorry confirmed its driver being compelled to cease within the quick lane of the freeway by a person standing in the course of the trail. The lorry driver may solely resume after two unlawful racers departed the scene, in response to the information each day.
Relating to the incident, the JPJ will depart the matter to the Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM) to conduct investigations, however the division is ready to help in any operations in opposition to unlawful racing, the division’s director-general mentioned.
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