There appears to be another side to Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi's calm and composed demeanour.

He is supposedly a speed freak with little regard for the law. The 67-year-old politician has been allegedly burning rubber and leaving a trail of summonses in his wake.

Hard to believe? This is what a government-owned website has revealed.

According to rilek.com.my , which allows users to check and pay for traffic summonses online, the premier has been slapped with 10 tickets for flouting the law. Five of them for speeding.

(Rilek is the acronym for Rangkaian Elektronik Interaktif Kerajaan ).

Abdullah's other alleged offences include traffic obstruction (four summonses) and one for parking offences.

The total amount due is RM3,300 but after 'discount' the premier is only required to fork out RM1,000 to avoid spending a night in the slammer.

The website revealed that the summonses are for three different vehicles with separate registration plates, and these were issued to 'Abdullah Bin Hj Ahmad Badawi' for offences committed over the past four years.

One of the vehicles - WJB 2800 - was slapped with five summones in one year alone, with two more in other years. The 10 offences were committed in Kuala Lumpur, Ampang, Sepang and Petaling Jaya.

The first six digits - '391126' - on the stated identity card displayed by the website is the same as the prime minister's date of birth, Nov 26, 1939.

The premier's supposed thirst for speed comes 'hot on the wheels' of a police crackdown on errant motorists who have yet to settle their summonses.

On Monday, the police launched Ops Warta IV which will last until Aug 5, to nab errant drivers who have failed to pay their fines.

Arrest warrants have been issued for these offenders and the police are showing up at their doorsteps with handcuffs.

According to Rilek.com, no arrest warrants have been issued for the premier.

Double standards

While Abdullah can breathe easy knowing that he is not on the 'wanted list', DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng said this reeks of double standards.

According to the opposition leader, arrest warrants should have been issued for the prime minister given the summonses were issued as far back as 2002.

"It is not wrong to have traffic summonses, the offences were probably not even committed by him but rather his driver or family members. But the law must be applied equally with no distinction," he said.

Lim stressed that if the police are only willing to show up at the doorsteps of the less influential offenders and not prepared to ring the doorbell at Putrajaya, then the operation should be suspended altogether.

Lim also dismissed the need for the police to go to the houses of minor traffic offenders, handcuff and arrest them.

According to him, blacklisting these errant motorists would be sufficient and they would most probably settle their outstanding summonses.

He cautioned the police against delivering 'retributive justice as opposed to rehabilitative justice'.