Sadness seeps in over closure of Shah Alam tolls

At the stroke of midnight to end 2017, the tolls on the Shah Alam highway finally closed for good.

But not everyone was euphoric at the end of the Batu Tiga and Sg Rasau toll plazas, announced earlier by Prime Minister Najib Razak in his Budget 2018 speech.

While the millions of road users celebrate, some of the toll plaza employees do not share their joy.

“I’m sad, after having worked here for 15 years.

“There are too many memories to recall. There were bitter ones and happy ones,” Sg Rasau toll employee Jemaah Abdul Hadi (photo), 38, told Malaysiakini...