The Home Ministry will propose that the government review the issuance of summonses for traffic offences through the post following public outcry.

Its minister Hishammuddin Hussein said the ministry also wanted a review of the government's decision not to reduce the amounts imposed on traffic offenders.

"There were those who said they were not guilty of the traffic offences as the offences were committed by other individuals who were driving their vehicles or misusing their vehicle registration numbers.

"We need to study these again as we don't want the innocent to be victimised and that all decisions are fair," he said after an anti-terrorism working committee meeting between Malaysia and Australia.

Hishammuddin said the government also needed to think of the best and most suitable payment methods for traffic summonses, especially for those with several summonses.

He said the ministry's secretary-general Mahmood Adam would meet the Chief Secretary to the Government Mohd Sidek Hassan soon to discuss the measures that could be taken.

Security tightened at immigration depots

Federal traffic police chief Abdul Aziz Yusof had on July 9 said that they had no plans to review the issuance of traffic summonses through the post following complaints from the public that they did not receive the notices.

In another development, Hishammuddin said the ministry would step up security at three immigration depots, namely at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA), Lenggeng in Negeri Sembilan and Juru in Bukit Mertajam, Penang.

He was referring to the incident where 20 Afghanistan nationals escaped from the KLIA depot early Sunday morning.

On the anti-terrorism meeting, Hishammuddin said Malaysia and Australia had reached a mutual understanding to give strong commitment to combating human smuggling and trafficking, as well as trans-boundary crime such as terrorism, money laundering, drug smuggling and cyber crime.

- Bernama