Hi we just got extorted money from the policeman in JB. He asked us for $600RM but we only got $500RM with us. He said he will do us a favour and $500RM is ok too.
We were on the way back to SG in JB and we were waiting in the car lane (EDL) towards the immigration customs in JB. Suddenly a few policemen open the lorries lane on the left side and he asked us to drive on the lorries lane which he just opened up for us. We followed another SG plate car & it lead us to a deserted side road beside the customs. When we looked around, we were surprised to see only 2 cars including us in the deserted area. A policeman in uniform then radio call his colleague over & a policeman came riding in a motorcycle and he asked us when we used this route to go back to SG. We told him the police opened the lorry lane & asked us to proceed & we didn’t know it lead us to the unauthorized counters.
Then we immediately felt unsafe & knew the policemen were in cahoots. The police asked the driver for driving license & passport & he said he will ‘help’ us to go back to the car lane to the immigration custom. In return he asked us for $600RM as this is a fine for driving to unauthorized lane back to immigration customs. He said otherwise we have to go to the office and lodge a report & we still have to pay the fine at the office & our data will be recorded in the police system which is not good for us. We told him we can go to the office to pay the fine officially but he just simply ignored us & one of our passport is with him. After paying him $500RM, he then guided us back to the car lane by blocking the cars.
Anyway this a a lesson learnt and it taught us to be extra careful even with the uniform authorities in Malaysia next time. I urged all SG drivers to take note & be careful. If such scam tactics worked for them, they will keep on doing it till the law caught up with them one day !
