Superintendent Stanley Jonathan Ringgit
MIRI: Miri acting police chief, Superintendent Stanley Jonathan Ringgit, yesterday denied that traffic police practised ‘double standards’ when issuing summonses against errant motorists.
Stanley rejected a report in newspapers which claimed that traffic police had been issuing summonses on vehicles parked along the uncompleted road at Miri waterfront while those parked illegally in front of Miri central police station (CPS) were left untouched.
“There is no double standard when it comes to issuing summonses by our law enforcement officers, as summonses are issued when vehicles obstruct traffic flow,” he said.
As for vehicles parked illegally in front of CPS, Stanley said: “We do issue summonses along the area, whenever vehicles obstruct traffic flows…but sometimes we give consideration when the public come to the station to lodge (police) reports…as you all know our parking space (outside the station) is pretty crowded not only with exhibit items (such as vehicles seized during police arrests) but also our on duty personnel.”
“For the record, a total of 95 summonses have been issued by traffic police from the period of January until September 21 this year to motorists who parked illegally in front of CPS,” stressed Stanley.
He said it was part of their ongoing efforts to combat errant motorists.
Commenting on summonses issued against vehicles parked illegally along the uncompleted road at Miri waterfront, he said numerous complaints had been received from the project developer regarding parked vehicles obstructing traffic flow and construction works at the area.