At least 3 tour bus drivers found without licence as Malaysia tightens checks

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The enforcement was ordered after a tour bus overturned while descending from Genting Highlands, killing two tourists.

KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysia’s Road Transport Department seized two tour buses after their drivers were found to have no driving licences as at 9.30am on July 2.

Mr Muhammad Kifli added that a tour bus driver, in his 30s, was also detained after failing a drug test. Mr Muhammad Kifli also said that Johor JPJ officers had temporarily detained a tour bus entering Malaysia after it was found that the Singaporean driver did not possess a licence.“If we are still not satisfied with the situation, the operations will carry on till a directive is issued by the minister,” he told reporters at the JPJ Enforcement Centre in Gombak, Selangor.

 

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