No major reshuffle in RTD – deputy minister

PUTRAJAYA: There is no necessity for a major reshuffle in the Road Transport Department (RTD) following the transfer of two senior officers from the department to other departments, said Deputy Transport Minister Datuk Ab Aziz Kaprawi.

“There is no reshuffle, merely filling up the vacancies,”he said when met by reporters at the Appreciation Ceremony for the National Road Safety Campaign and Integrated Operations in conjunction with the Hari Raya Aidilfitri, here yesterday.

He was asked if the RTD would make a major reshuffle following the transfers of the RTD Deputy Director-General (Operations) Datuk Yusoff Ayob and Director of Enforcement Datuk V Valluvan Veloo to the Public Service Department (JPA) effective last Friday.

According to the report, Yusoff’s transfer was believed to be linked to the court case faced by him on the use of the emergency lane while Valluvan’s transfer was believed to be linked to the incident involving three members of the RTD Special Action Squad (PTK) in the break-in of the office of the RTD Director-General Datuk Seri Nadzri Siron on July 13.

On the three PTK members involved, Abdul Aziz said action on the three personnel would be decided by the JPA and the case was still being investigated by the Royal Malaysian Police.