Wee said he had informed JPJ director-general Zailani Hashim for a Notice 114 to be issued against an offender to attend an interview and face advocacy action rather than be issued a summons.

Earlier today, Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi had spoken about the need for action against motorcycles with loud exhausts and said: “Don’t seize the motorcycles. How do they want to continue to survive when that is the only vehicle which they have to make a living. Are we blind, and cruel, to let the people to continue to suffer?” he said.

Wee said the transport ministry had decided that at this stage, it is better to focus on the advocacy approach which is to issue Notice 114 rather than issue a summons. He spoke to reporters after the opening of the 2020 Umno general assembly here today.

Notice 114 is a notice for interview for the purpose of investigations and information gathering. Those who receive the notice must appear at any JPJ branch office to assist in the investigation.

Wee also said a meeting was held between Inspector-General of Police Abdul Hamid Bador and the JPJ director-general to coordinate the advocacy action as the move also involved the traffic police.

The government had imposed a summons for up to RM2,000 or imprisonment not exceeding six months on motorcycle owners who modified their vehicles with loud exhausts.

Under the Road Transport Act, the police are empowered to seize motorcycles to prevent the same offence from recurring.

Federal traffic police said a total of 10,166 summonses had been issued up to March 5 over various offences.