Transport ministry can instruct Land Public Transport Commission (SPAD) to take action against errant lorry drivers.
He said the issuance and withdrawal of lorry licences and the licence to transport bauxite fell under the jurisdiction of the Land Public Transport Commission (SPAD).
“We can discuss and instruct SPAD to take action against errant lorry drivers as the government has issued a moratorium which allows only bauxite from the stockpile to be taken to the port.
“That is why we asked the MACC (Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission) to investigate any wrongdoing in the bauxite mining activities,” he told reporters here today.
Liow was met after attending the opening of the Pahang branch Tunku Abdul Rahman University College (TARC) by the Regent of Pahang Tengku Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah at Indera Mahkota here today.
Asked if there was a way to ensure that the transported bauxite was from the stockpile and not “newly-mined bauxite”, Liow said this could be done with the cooperation of the relevant agencies, including the police and the Department of Environment.
Liow said he would instruct the Road Transport Department to carry out more frequent monitoring and enforcement operations to stop illegal bauxite operators from sending the mineral to the port.
The MACC recently detained 18 lorries for transporting bauxite which was found to be newly-mined at Bukit Sagu and Bukit Goh here, in an operations that resulted in the detention of a senior officer of the Royal Malaysian Customs Department and nine staff of the Pahang Land and Mines Department.
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