KUALA LUMPUR — City police will stop issuing warnings and begin strict enforcement against traffic offenders in the capital starting Oct 1, Comm Datuk Fadil Marsus announced.
The city police chief said the advocacy phase of the ongoing law compliance operation, which began on Sept 6, will end, and officers will transition to issuing summonses, The Star reported.
“Starting Oct 1, we will not issue any more warnings. Instead, we will take stern and prompt enforcement action against traffic offenders,” he was quoted saying.
During the operation’s initial phase, between Sept 6 and 25, police issued over 60,000 warning notices for various offences.
Fadil said the operation aims to raise public awareness, improve road safety, and reduce congestion caused by traffic violations, with a focus on high-traffic areas such as Jalan Loke Yew, Jalan Sultan Ismail, Jalan Bukit Bintang, and Jalan Tun Razak.
The most common violations recorded during the warning period were illegal parking and traffic obstruction, which accounted for a significant portion of the notices.
Other prevalent offences included disobeying traffic signs (2,489), using fancy number plates (927), and failing to wear helmets (407).
Car drivers received the most warnings (4,664), followed closely by motorcyclists (4,587) and pedestrians (1,224).
