Ops Warta is set to kick off next month, under which hundreds of thousands of traffic offenders with outstanding arrest warrants will be targeted, The Star reports.
"To date, 2.49 million of the 4.09 million warrants of arrests have already been settled. Now we are looking at the remaining 39% (1.59 million)," Bukit Aman traffic chief Senior Asst Comm Datuk Mohd Fuad Abdul Latiff told the English-language daily.
He said that although multiple warnings have already been given over the past two years, the remaining offenders have refused to settle their summonses. Bukit Aman has worked with the Employees' Provident Fund and the National Registration Department to track down the addresses of these traffic offenders.
"There are many ways of checking for outstanding summonses so do not expect us to let you off easily," he said, explaining that motorists can check if they have outstanding summons through myeg.com.my, rilek.com.my, and at traffic police counters, post offices, Maybank ATMs, plus selected shopping malls and Road Transport Department (JPJ) branches.
"Don't be surprised if you are stopped at a roadblock next month and are placed under arrest," he warned.
SAC Mohd Fuad told The Star that 880,914 summonses were issued in the first three months of 2015 - of these, 9,119 were for emergency lane misuse while 69,629 were for queue-cutting.
"From these numbers, I can gather that our motorists have not changed their attitude," he said, adding that they should try to be more law-abiding and courteous.
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