Move to ease deregistration, disposal of abandoned vehicles

Asila Jalil Asila Jalil Updated 7 years ago · Published on 10 Dec 2018 1:40PM · 0 Comments

Transport Minister Anthony Loke says councils can't tow away abandoned cars as their registrations are still valid and owners would come after them. – The Malaysian Insight pic by Seth Akmal, December 10, 2018.

AMENDMENTS to the Road Transport Act include improvements on the process of deregistering vehicles to allow for greater ease in the government’s disposal of abandoned cars, said Transport Minister Anthony Loke.

Loke said there are about 60,000-70,000 abandoned cars nationwide which have become a big problem for local councils.

“The (local authorities) PBT can’t just tow the cars because their registrations are still valid. I’m afraid if they take away the cars, the owners will then come and claim from PBT,” he told reporters at a press conference at the Parliament lobby today.

The Road Transport (Amendment) Bill 2018 was tabled for its first reading today. – December 10, 2018.

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