KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 22 -- Road Transport Department (JPJ) officers came under attack from a group of motorcyclists who hurled firecrackers at them during a late-night traffic operation in Rawang, near the Kuala Lumpur-Kuala Selangor (LATAR) Expressway, yesterday, according to a New Straits Times (NST) report.

The incident unfolded at about 10pm, when an RTD patrol team conducting Chinese New Year enforcement checks in the LATAR-Tasik Puteri area stopped a motorcyclist along Jalan Tasik Puteri. Neither the rider nor the pillion passenger was wearing a crash helmet.

JPJ officers later found a string of offences - including riding without a valid driving licence, expired road tax and no insurance cover - and issued notices to both individua...