JOHOR BAHRU: A man who used his car to transport a banana tree at Persiaran Utama in Skudai here on Saturday was slapped with a traffic summons by police.
A video recording of the car, with the tree protruding from both sides of the rear windows, went viral on social media.
Iskandar Puteri district police chief Dzulkhairi Mukhtar said police contacted the 30-year-old owner, who was in Singapore.
“The owner’s son came to the police station to provide a statement at 8.30pm, saying the vehicle was driven by his cousin and the banana tree was for a prayer ceremony in Mutiara Rini,” Dzulkhairi said in a statement.
He said the driver finally turned up at the Iskandar Puteri traffic police station at 9.30am yesterday to give his statement.
Checks showed the driver had 18 traffic summonses, including four arrest warrants and 10 non-compoundable summonses.
“The driver was taken to the Johor Bahru Magistrate’s Court to settle six outstanding summonses amounting to RM1,200,” he said.
He also said the car, which had expired road tax, was confiscated.