Transport minister Loke Siew Fook said politicians, prominent businessmen, and one “Tan Sri” were among those who did not renew the road tax for their luxury vehicles.

He said there were 4,308 Porsches with RM13.75 million in outstanding road taxes, followed by 660 Bentleys (RM7.05 million), 345 Rolls-Royces (RM6.45 million), 675 Ferraris (RM4.71 million) and 372 Lamborghinis (RM3.76 million).

“I will not announce their names here because I don’t want to shame them publicly,” he said at a press conference here today.

“I only ask that they fulfil their responsibility (as vehicle owners) and renew their road tax. If the vehicles are still being used on the road, they must pay for the road tax and insurance.”

Loke said JPJ had launched an operation to seize luxury vehicles with expired road tax and insurance, but some car owners would rather pay the RM300 compound fee to release the vehicle instead of paying for the road tax.

Warning that more drastic measures would be taken if this persisted, he urged them to consider this an “early reminder” to renew their road tax.

“JPJ has already seized 400 luxury vehicles in the past few months. Although not all cases were publicised in the media, this operation is ongoing,” he said.