KOTA KINABALU, May 22 (Bernama) -- The Puteri Umno movement wants the proposal to impose stiffer punishments on road thugs or "Mat Rempit" to be carried out soon to address the menace.
Its chief, Datuk Rosnah Abdul Rashid Shirlin, said the proposal should be carried out without further delay with the problem on road thugs becoming more serious.
"The relevant authorities should have amended the law a long time ago because today, these road thugs have become out of control.
"If they (road thugs) have no moral conscience of their own, then they have to be taught with a stiffer punishment," she added.
She said this in response to a call by Bukit Aman Traffic police chief Datuk Abdul Aziz Yusof for the government to amend Section 42 (1) of the Road Transport Act to make jail sentences mandatory so that offenders will automatically be sent to prison.
Rosnah, who is Deputy Health Minister, hoped that concerted efforts would also be carried out by the relevant ministries and agencies to curb the problem on road thugs.
She said parents should also play their role, if the problem is to be addressed effectively.
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