No report of ticket touts at Sungai Nibong terminal
The Road Transport Department (RTD) has not received any reports on 'ulat tiket' (ticket touts) at the Sungai Nibong Express Bus Terminal in the past two years.
Its state director Mohamat Johari Mat Nor said that the department could only act based on complaints from the public who buy tickets and board express buses at the terminal.
"If customers are asked to pay more than they should, then we can take action. But so far, we have yet to receive any report on the matter for the past two years.
"The issue, which has been raised in the media recently, should be settled between the express bus operators and terminal operators," he said, after officiating the 73th RTD Day celebration at the state RTD headquarters here.
Earlier this month, more than 15 express bus operators at the terminal cried foul over the alleged ‘harassment’ by ticket touts, who were charging up to RM18 for each ticket.
They claimed that their businesses had dipped significantly since the beginning of the month after they refused to pay off the ticket touts.
Meanwhile, Mohamat Johari said the move to station the RTD mobile van at public events to offer services such as driving licence and road tax renewal, had proven fruitful.
According to him, it had so far collected RM761,297.30 this year.
Collection through the mobile van totalled RM2.08 million and RM1.35 million, in 2018 and 2017 respectively, he added.
~News courtesy of New Straits Times~
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