The Traffic and Highway Patrol Command of the New South Wales Police Force in Australia recently shared on their Facebook page of three Malaysians who were caught driving in the country without a valid license.
Officers from the Griffith Highway Patrol were patrolling along the Mid Western Highway near Rankins Springs in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia at around 2:30 PM on 17 September when they stopped a white car with Victorian registration travelling eastbound for roadside testing and license checks.
Photo via Facebook (Traffic and Highway Patrol Command - NSW Police Force)
The driver, a 42-year-old Malaysian man from Mildura, was asked to produce his driver's license, to which he responded by showing a card that looked like a Malaysian driver's license as well as a Malaysian passport.
The Malaysian driver’s license produced was inspected by police and was found to have a number of flaws.
Checks on the official portal of the Malaysian Road Transport Department revealed that he only had a motorcycle class license, which expired in 2005.
The driver was issued a court attendance notice to appear at the Griffith Local Court on December 7, 2022, where he was convicted of the following charges: Possess false document to influence exercise of public duty and Never licenced person drive vehicle on road - first offence.
Police have alse forwarded these details to the Department of Immigration for a visa review.
Meanwhile, officers from Griffith Highway Patrol were conducting Stationary Roadside Testings on Burley Griffin Way at Ardlethan around 12:03 PM on 18 September when a blue car, bearing Victorian registration, was stopped with another car following closely behind.
Both vehicles were directed to stop at the stationary testing site.
The driver of the first car, a 34-year-old Malaysian man from Junee was asked to produce his driver’s license, which he did by producing a card that looked like a Malaysian driver’s license.
Driver of the second car, a 22-year-old Malaysian, also from Junee, also gave police a card that replicated a Malaysian driver license. When asked what that document was, the driver stated to police, “My friend made this for me, so I can drive in Australia,” he said.
Photo via Facebook (Traffic and Highway Patrol Command - NSW Police Force)
He also gave police his Malaysian passport.
Further investigation revealed that neither driver had ever held any type of license in any Australian state or territory.
The Department of Immigration was contacted, and it was discovered that both men had been in Australia on bridging visas for several years.
Both drivers were issued court attendance notices to appear in Griffith Local Court on December 7, 2022, after being convicted of the following offenses: Possess false document to influence exercise of public duty and Never licenced person drive vehicle on road - first offence.
Griffith Highway Patrol detect 3 fake International licenses in less than 24 hours. About 2:30pm on Saturday 17th...
Posted by Traffic and Highway Patrol Command - NSW Police Force on Thursday, 29 December 2022
Aiyo!
Falsifying documents and driving without a valid license in Malaysia, or anywhere in the world is a serious offence…
Be responsible and accountable to your actions and decisions!
