JPJ suspends two personnel for investigations into a viral video of a vehicle crossing double lines and a separate fatal crash, assuring a transparent internal probe.
IPOH: The Road Transport Department has suspended two of its personnel to facilitate investigations into two separate incidents involving a department vehicle.
JPJ director-general Datuk Aedy Fadly Ramli said both personnel were suspended with immediate effect while internal investigations are carried out.
He confirmed the incidents involve a viral video showing a JPJ vehicle crossing double lines and a separate fatal crash.
“The first incident involves a viral video of a JPJ vehicle crossing double lines along the East-West Highway,” he said at a press conference.
He added that a team has been deployed to conduct an internal probe, with appropriate action to follow based on the findings.
Aedy Fadly clarified the second incident was a fatal crash at KM85.5 of the Kota Bharu-Machang-Jeli road near Kampung Rahmat.
It involved a JPJ vehicle and a Perodua Myvi, and the case is being handled entirely by the police for further investigation.
He stressed that JPJ is not involved in the police probe into the crash.
“We can confirm that both incidents involved the same vehicle and personnel, although they occurred on different days,” he said.
He noted there has been confusion among netizens linking the two incidents as having happened on the same day.
He described such speculation as inaccurate.
The two personnel will be placed at the department’s headquarters during the suspension period for investigation purposes.
Aedy Fadly assured that the internal investigation would be carried out transparently.
He added that JPJ would not protect any personnel found to have committed wrongdoing.
The incidents drew public attention after the video went viral on social media alongside news of the fatal crash.
