Owners of vehicles registered in Thailand must settle their outstanding compound fines before leaving Malaysia through the border checkpoint in Perlis, New Straits Times reported.

This is in response to unpaid compound fines racked up by foreign-registered vehicles, especially tourist vans registered in Thailand, which are not permitted to operate on Malaysian roads, said Perlis state JPJ director Fatimah Mohamed Ali Piah.

The road transport department has successfully collected RM31,600 in unpaid compound fines from Thai-registered vehicles during a recent four-day operation, Fatimah said. “We have found that many foreign vehicles are not clearing their compounds before leaving the country. Here in Perlis, foreign drivers must settle their outstanding fines before being allowed to return,” she said.

Some of the offences detected include failure to obtain the International Circulation Permit (ICP) for Thai-registered tourist vans and various technical violations, such as the use of tinted windows, with some offences dating back several years, she said.

A total of 16 Thai-registered vans were stopped during the four-day operation with the aforementioned RM31,600 in unpaid fines collected from these vehicles’ offences.

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