7 Summons of Jalan Court House cancelled by JPJ

From SarawakUpdate.com.my

The Road Transport department has issued a letter to Wong King Wei, Special assistant to MP for Kuching Chong Chieng Jen to allow seven car owners to have their summon cancel and instead be given a warning.

Talking to reporters yesterday, Wong said he was approached by seven car owners who had parked their vehicles along Jalan Court House on February 17 this year. The car owners were customers and business owners in the area.

Wong wrote a letter to the Director of RTD on February 18 asking the department to cancel the summon as he felt that the said road was closed for construction purposes and there was no through road in the area.

He said since the closure of the road on April 1 last year, the businessmen in the area complained that their business had dropped by 50%. Wong said due to that, even with the closed road, the RTD still wanted to issue summon to the people.

Wong said after the RTD replied, he hoped that the road would be reopened as construction work on the building had stopped for a while. He said the road belonged to the people and to close the road is not only affecting the business of the people there but also affecting the smooth flow of the traffic.

Despite him bringing the matter to the Land and Survey two weeks ago, Wong said he had yet to receive any reply from them.