KUALA LUMPUR: The police and Road Transport Department (JPJ) personnel are equipped to make electronic checks on valid vehicle road tax, says Transport Minister Anthony Loke.
"Police or JPJ no longer look at or check the road tax sticker in the car.
"There is no need to physically check,“ he told the Dewan Rakyat today.
Enforcement agencies can check on their devices if a vehicle has a valid road tax by keying in its plate number, he added.
Mohd Hasnizan Harun (PN-Hulu Selangor) had asked about the situation at roadblocks for elderly motorists, who may have problems showing enforcement officers their digital road tax.
Loke also said 13.7 million people have downloaded the MyJPJ mobile application to date, while 10.7 million have registered for a JPJ electronic ID.
“This means that there should be at least 10 million individuals using the My JPJ app,” he said, adding that this supports the country's direction towards digitalisation.
Loke stressed that his ministry would not slow down on its path to digitalisation.
"We will see what other improvements we can make so that this process can continue and improve the efficiency of government departments," he said.
Loke also told the Dewan Rakyat that the MyJPJ app would soon be able to send road tax renewal reminders.
Loke said the enhancement is part of his ministry’s ongoing efforts to digitalise JPJ services under an initiative launched on Feb 10 last year.
“The ministry and JPJ remain committed to improving the MyJPJ app continuously to enhance online service delivery to the public.
“This feature will be announced once it is fully developed and ready for use.”
He noted that since Feb 1 this year, users have been able to renew their road tax or motor vehicle licences (LKM) and driving licences (LMM) directly through the app.
Additionally, he said a “Share LKM” function was introduced to address complaints about using vehicles owned by others, enabling owners to share their road tax digitally.
“JPJ plans to roll out improvements to the app in phases, prioritised based on necessity and cost,” he added.
