Police to use ANPR to identify unsettled summons involving foreigners

Police will use Automated Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) equipment to identify foreign cars with outstanding summons, when entering the country.

The 3rd Series of the Auditor General's report said the equipment will be used once the upgrading of the online payment (Trafik Cops) system which focuses on foreigners, has been completed.

The report said the move was among measures to ensure foreigners with outstanding traffic summons settled their dues.

The AG's report said 16.3 million summons were issued by the traffic police from 2011 to 2013 and from the total, 121,664 were summons issued to foreigners.

"Singaporeans top the total number of summons with (84,604), followed by Brunei with (25,803)," the report said adding that only 12,713 summons have been settled while the outstanding balance from the unsettled summons amounts to RM7.63 million.

For locals, only 6.7 million summons have been settled from 2011 to 2013, worth RM1.244 billion, said the report.