AES found to be 'mathematically wrong'

18 July 2013

Jul 18: PAS’s Anti-Summons Campaign (KASE) movement has claimed that RM13.55 million paid to the Automatic Enforcement System providers Beta Tegap and ATES Sdn Bhd is mathematically wrong.

KASE legal advisor Zulhazmi Shariff said the figure provided by the Transport ministry on distribution of profits between AES providers and the government did not tally.

With 66,735 of 673,339 summonses paid, Zulhazmi questioned why AES providers were paid RM13.55 million when they were only entitled for RM1.07 million at the rate of RM16 per ticket.

“If the companies have been paid RM13.55 million from the total compound RM20.02 million collected, the balance is RM6.5 million. But the government only took RM3.429 million. Where is the remaining RM3.039 million?” he asked.

Under the 'three tier' payment scheme, AES providers are entitled to get RM16 per summons for the first 5 million summonses issued in the first stage. Once this mark is reached, AES providers get to share 50 percent of profit with the government with revenue up to maximum of RM270 million annually and 7.5 percent profit sharing for any amount exceeding the previous level.

Zulhazmi said even if the government had collected the full payment for 673,339 summonses issued, Beta Tegap and ATES should only be entitled to RM10.77 million and not RM13.55 million, based on the reply in parliament by the Transport ministry.

Despite coming under fire over its secretive agreement with AES providers, the government went ahead with AES last September. But prior to the 13th general election, the Attorney-General’s Chambers ordered a freeze on court proceedings related to summonses issued under AES.

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