The road transport department (JPJ) must include logistics and delivery service companies in its move to confiscate commercial vehicles driven by foreigners, says road safety activist Hisham Shafie.
Hisham said strict measures against companies and licensed operators of lorries, public service vehicles and tour buses that employ foreign drivers send a clear message that road safety is a shared, uncompromisable responsibility.
“Road user safety must be the priority. Negligent employers who put profit above the law must face strict, uncompromising action.
“I urge that this enforcement be carried out continuously together with agencies such as immigration and police nationwide against logistics firms, public transport operators and delivery companies,” he said in a statement.
JPJ has said it will begin confiscating vehicles belonging to companies and licensed operators of commercial vehicles that hire foreign drivers, effective immediately.
Senior JPJ enforcement director Kifli Ma Hassan said foreigners are not allowed to hold vocational licences such as goods driving licences or PSV licences, based on current regulations.
He said this followed an increasing trend of companies and licensed operators employing foreigners for about RM2,500 a month, and that officers could seize a commercial company’s vehicle and have it forfeited in court if found guilty.
