2 factory buses with members of public nabbed in crackdown on illegal transport at JB checkpoint

Malaysia's Johor Road Transport Department (JPJ) conducted a special enforcement operation at the Johor Bahru checkpoint, targeting factory buses suspected of illegally ferrying passengers for individual fares.

In a Facebook post on May 4, JPJ announced that it had carried out the operation at the Sultan Iskandar Building between 4am and 7am that day.

The building is the main customs and immigration checkpoint serving travellers between Johor Bahru and Singapore.

During the operation, officers discovered two factory buses suspected of operating outside of their licensed conditions by ferrying members of the public and collecting individual payments.

The department added that strict action would continue to be taken against operators found flouting regulations, and urged the public to use only licensed transportation services for their safety.

Mixed reactions

According to 8world, the operation has drawn mixed reactions online.

Some netizens argued that such buses serve a practical need, especially when there is a lack of public bus services, and warned that removing them could worsen human traffic around the already busy checkpoint.

Others, however, backed the crackdown, saying stricter regulation is required to preserve traffic flow.