Some lorry operators in Perak resorted to threatening towing companies to avoid being weighed for suspected overloading during a Road Transport Department (JPJ) operation. The operators used tactics like disabling GPS to avoid being directed to weigh stations, and threatened towing companies not to cooperate with JPJ.
TAIPING: Some lorry operators resorted to threatening towing companies to avoid sending their vehicles for weighing over suspected overloading during an operation conducted by the Road Transport Department in Perak on Friday.
"When RTD called in tow trucks to take the vehicles to the weighing station, the lorry operators contacted and threatened the towing companies not to send their vehicles to JPJ or face ‘consequences',” he said at a press conference on Saturday . "We will also take stern action by submitting reports to the Land Public Transport Agency to suspend or revoke the licences of lorry operators who refuse to cooperate,” he added.
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