PAS intensifies campaign against 'saman ekor'
Hazlan ZakariaPublished: Feb 1, 2011 5:27 PM | Updated: Feb 1, 2011 7:02 PM
Kempen Anti Saman Ekor (Kase) today intensified its campaign against the privatisation of the Automatic Enforcement System (AES) by distributing leaflets to road users at several toll plazas around Kuala Lumpur.
The PAS-linked group distributes leaflets against Automatic Enforcement System for traffic summons at toll plazas around KL.
Kempen Anti Saman Ekor (Kase) today intensified its campaign against the privatisation of the Automatic Enforcement System (AES) by distributing leaflets to road users at several toll plazas around Kuala Lumpur.
Its chairperson Mahfuz Omar (second from right), who is also the PAS parliamentarian for Pokok Sena, led the Kase volunteers distributing leaflets at the Sungai Besi toll plaza this afternoon.
"Today is the day that the new amendments to the Road Transport Act comes into effect.
"We believe the amendments (including the privatisation of AES) is not going to solve anything but will instead cause more problems and raise more questions," Mahfuz told reporters.
All told the group plans to distribute 20,000 leaflets targeting Gombak, Serdang, Sg Buloh, Shah Alam and Sg Besi toll plazas.
The initiative is being carried out by Selangor PAS Youth and the Kase secretariat.
The movement which was founded in August last year by the PAS consumer and environmental affairs bureau initially campaigned against saman ekor or traffic summons via photographic evidence.
However, it later expanded its target to include the privatisation of AES, claiming that such a move only enriches government cronies and in effect represents the privatisation of traffic enforcement into a for profit venture.
They plan to kick-off the second stage of the Kase campaign in Bandar Baru Bangi on Feb 12, to be officiated by Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim.
Amendments to the Act 1987, which was approved by Senate on Dec 22, will come into force beginning Feb 1.
Amendments that come into force include expanding the powers of Road Transport Department to take action against traffic offenders on all roads in the country, including areas such as farms, gardens, villages, residential areas and multi-storey car parks.
The AES would comprehensively monitor the traffic conditions on the roads, including whether motorists were flouting traffic rules, speeding or running red lights.
Violators of traffic regulations will be given 30 days to pay up their traffic summons tickets, failing which their cases will be automatically referred to the court for further action, resulting in the violators having to pay fines of not less than RM1,000.
Its chairperson Mahfuz Omar (second from right), who is also the PAS parliamentarian for Pokok Sena, led the Kase volunteers distributing leaflets at the Sungai Besi toll plaza this afternoon."Today is the day that the new amendments to the Road Transport Act comes into effect.
"We believe the amendments (including the privatisation of AES) is not going to solve anything but will instead cause more problems and raise more questions," Mahfuz told reporters.
All told the group plans to distribute 20,000 leaflets targeting Gombak, Serdang, Sg Buloh, Shah Alam and Sg Besi toll plazas.
The initiative is being carried out by Selangor PAS Youth and the Kase secretariat.
The movement which was founded in August last year by the PAS consumer and environmental affairs bureau initially campaigned against saman ekor or traffic summons via photographic evidence.
However, it later expanded its target to include the privatisation of AES, claiming that such a move only enriches government cronies and in effect represents the privatisation of traffic enforcement into a for profit venture.They plan to kick-off the second stage of the Kase campaign in Bandar Baru Bangi on Feb 12, to be officiated by Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim.
Amendments to the Act 1987, which was approved by Senate on Dec 22, will come into force beginning Feb 1.
Amendments that come into force include expanding the powers of Road Transport Department to take action against traffic offenders on all roads in the country, including areas such as farms, gardens, villages, residential areas and multi-storey car parks.
The AES would comprehensively monitor the traffic conditions on the roads, including whether motorists were flouting traffic rules, speeding or running red lights.
Violators of traffic regulations will be given 30 days to pay up their traffic summons tickets, failing which their cases will be automatically referred to the court for further action, resulting in the violators having to pay fines of not less than RM1,000.
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