The Shah Alam City Council (MBSA) has extended by a month to Dec 31 the period when traffic and parking offenders will be offered a 50 percent discount on their compound fines.

MBSA public relations officer Shahrin Ahmad said the council would come down hard on offenders after Dec 31 and initiate court action.

He said MBSA would set up a task force and trace those who had yet to settle their compound fines.

Shahrin told Bernama more than 100 offenders had been brought to court so far and had to pay penalties higher than the compound fines imposed on them as well as legal costs.

He said that up to Oct 13, MBSA was owed RM37.8 million in compound fine arrears.

Shahrin said MBSA had opened additional payment counters at shopping malls in the city for the convenience of motorists.