PPj enforcement division director Muhamad Irwan Abdullah said wheel-clamping was a procedural action of the PPj enforcement division under Section 48 of the Road Transport Act 1987 for obstruction of traffic.
“The wheel-clamping is one of the efforts to educate the people and prevent them from continuing to commit traffic offences that will hamper urban wellbeing and pose a hindrance to the public,” he said in a statement.
He was commenting on a photograph that went viral on social media yesterday showing the police patrol car with its wheel clamped near Menara Usahawan here.
Irwan explained that a PPJ enforcement team on patrol found the police car in a wheel-clamping zone and had tried in vain to contact the driver.
“It is the procedure to wheel-clamp all vehicles found to be obstructing traffic, including police vehicles,” he said.
Irwan said the enforcement of the wheel-clamping zone came into force on April 1 this year.
He also said that PPj had a guide on wheel-clamping, towing and parking in Putrajaya which could be downloaded from its official website, www.ppj.gov.my.