KUALA LUMPUR: The Road Transport Department (RTD) of the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, today collected RM 1.03 million in revenue, after auctioning off 100 impounded vehicles of various types.
Its director Datuk Ismail Zawawi said this did not include auction book proceeds comprising RM 10,150.
The 100 vehicles which had been impounded for various offences from early this year to August, comprised 34 motorcycles and 66 cars, he told a press conference held at the department here.
Ismail added that in reference to the cars, 99 per cent had been impounded for the offence of cloning.
Among the vehicles auctioned were makes such as Honda Jazz and Honda Wave.
The highest bid received was for a Honda Stream car at RM 30,100, while the lowest bid was for a motorcycle at RM 150. Only one of the cars sold, was categorised as scrap.
The department’s previous auction of 101 vehicles, conducted in April this year, netted a total of RM 1,053,250. – Bernama