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Malaysia's Cabinet has approved amendments to the Road Transport Act 1987 to make road crash offenders financially liable to victims. The change aims to ensure justice extends beyond imprisonment and fines to include mandatory compensation.
Malaysia's Cabinet has endorsed proposed amendments to the Road Transport Act 1987 that would allow courts to impose compensation orders on road offenders as an additional punishment beyond fines and imprisonment.
Malaysia's government is moving to substantially increase traffic fine penalties, with over 700 road offences set to carry maximum compounds of RM500 under proposed amendments to the Road Transport Act 1987.