6,360 Rolls-Royce, Lambo, Bentley, Ferrari, Porsche cars have unpaid road tax, RM35.7 million owed – Loke

Owners of 6,360 luxury vehicles successful Malaysia crossed the Rolls-Royce, Lamborghini, Bentley, Ferrari and Porsche brands person recorded astir RM35.7 cardinal successful roadworthy taxation arrears, transport curate Anthony Loke has disclosed successful a property league today, reported Bernama.

The 5 brands named by the roadworthy transport section (JPJ) revealed that Rolls-Royce accounted for 345 units with RM6,455,563.70 unpaid, Lamborghini with 372 units (RM3,761,345.40), Bentley with 660 units (RM7,055,197.10), Ferrari with 675 units (RM4,718,395.60), and Porsche with 4,308 units (RM13,751,078.20), reported Malay Mail.

“I privation to punctual this radical of the ultra-wealthy that they, too, person responsibilities. The authorities has been generous capable to widen subsidies to everyone, including those with luxury vehicles, but that comes with the work of renewing their roadworthy tax,” Loke said.

The figures amusement that galore owners of luxury cars person failed to fulfil their work to renew their centrifugal conveyance licences (LKM), said the transport minister. “Among the owners are Tan Sris, politicians, businessmen and different well-known individuals. If this continues, we volition instrumentality much drastic measures,” helium said.

The roadworthy transport section has commenced Op Luxury, an ongoing enforcement cognition wherever luxury cars connected the roadworthy without valid roadworthy taxation and security volition beryllium seized.

The transport curate said that immoderate owners of luxury cars were deliberately delaying outgo of roadworthy tax, arsenic records amusement that vehicles a caller arsenic 1 to 2 years aged person gone without roadworthy taxation renewals for periods of six months to much than a year. Some motorists waited until their cars had been seized, arsenic the RM300 compound was considered “worth it,” according to the transport minister.

So far, 421 luxury vehicles person been seized truthful acold nether Op Luxury, reported Bernama.

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