One million summons, 4 arrests and 50% discount on fines.

I read through this article in Metro MPSJ says there are about 900,000 summons still unpaid..and I wish to quote from the column the statement made by the Honorable president.. "Adnan said that there were 900,000 unpaid parking summonses at MPSJ. He urged those with the summonses to pay quickly to avoid legal action. “We are giving a 50% discount until December and people can even make their payments online via our website. “Out of the 13,627 cases, we have issued 9,522 arrest warrants and 694 warrants have been successful served. “We are planning a big scale arrest operation for repeat offenders from mid-November until December with the help of the police. “So far, 4 arrests have been made and the offenders will be brought to court,”

What can be gleaned from the statement is that out of the almost one million UNPAID summons, only 4 arrests have been made, and a mere 694 warrants have been successfully served. It is a sorry statement of performance (OR NON PERFORMANCE) by MPSJ and the offer of 50% discount to those who have not since paid their fines must be sending absolutely the wrong message to those perpetual offenders. No wonder we find that parking and littering problems continue to be unsolved in PJ and KL ; in fact they seem to be getting worse! Rather than offer discounts, the authorities must redouble their efforts to nab the offenders. It would appear to me that issuing tickets and summons are not effective at all, IF the authorities are not serious in enforcing those summonses. Every offender now knows they will get away cheap, and the chances of being apprehended is next to nil. I am aware that this is not an easy problem to solve, but to continue issuing millions of summonses and letting offenders get away with their "crimes" is just a slap in the face of the Authority.and a waste of everybody's time..