<figure id="attachment_3129448" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-3129448" style="width: 1600px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-3129448" src="https://media.freemalaysiatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/2d6134f6-kifli-ma-hassan-bernamapic-070825.webp" alt="" width="1600" height="1000" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-3129448" class="wp-caption-text">JPJ’s senior enforcement director Kifli Ma Hassan, with two lorries seized in an operation in Kuala Lumpur today, reminded owners that foreigners are not allowed to hold vocational licences. (Bernama pic)</figcaption></figure>
PETALING JAYA: The road transport department (JPJ) will confiscate vehicles owned by companies and licensed operators that employ foreigners to drive commercial vehicles, effective today.
JPJ’s senior enforcement director Kifli Ma Hassan said this includes lorries, public service vehicles (PSV) and tour buses that use foreign drivers.
He said based on current regulations, foreigners are not allowed to hold vocational licences such as goods driving licences (GDL) or PSV licences.
“Enforcement action can be taken under sections 22, 41, 57 of the Land Public Transport Act 2010 for violating permit conditions and section 80, which says officers can seize a commercial company&#8217;s vehicle and have it forfeited in court if found guilty,” Bernama reported him as saying at the JPJ enforcement station in Gombak today.
Kifli said there had been an increasing trend of companies and licensed operators employing foreigners for around RM2,500 a month.
As of July this year, JPJ has issued 2,733 summonses against foreigners driving commercial vehicles, with 2,551 of them for not having GDLs, 93 for not having PSV licences and 89 for overloading.
“Licensed companies and operators in the transport industry are urged to always comply with the regulations set and ensure that every employee hired has valid documents and qualifications,” he said.

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JPJ confiscating commercial vehicles from companies employing foreign drivers

This includes lorries, public service vehicles and tour buses.

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