NST - 18 Feb '07 - Cross-country: Last-minute passengers fleeced
JOHOR BARU: People buying bus tickets at the last minute for the balik kampung rush for the Chinese New Year holidays are being preyed on by ticketing agents trying to make a fast buck.
Housewife S. Thanapakiam said she had a shock yesterday when she found out that tickets for the Johor Baru-Kuala Lumpur express bus, normally sold at RM22, were priced at RM55, at the Larkin bus terminal here.
Checks at the Larkin bus terminal showed there were also several illegal bus services operating there using factory and schoolbuses.
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia student Khairul Nizam Wahid said he was shocked when he was approached by agents selling seats at RM60 for a trip to Kuala Lumpur using the illegal bus service. "They are doing it so openly. I don’t understand why the authorities are not taking any action against them, although this happens every holiday season."
There were also complaints from passengers that illegal taxis were operating at Larkin, offering to take passengers to Kuala Lumpur at RM75 per head.
State Unity, Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Committee chairman Datuk K.S. Balakrishnan said it was an offence for bus companies or their agents to sell bus tickets at higher prices than the price printed on the ticket. "Our enforcement officers have been deployed to check on the hiking of bus ticket prices." Balakrishnan said his officers would also check out the complaints at the Larkin bus terminal - hahahahahahahahahaha ... maaaaan ...... I could die laughing .. hahahahahahaha .. same bull ....aiyaa... tak tau lah
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