Ops Sikap (formerly Ops Statik) is a traffic safety operation carried out by the Royal Malaysian Police

Royal Malaysian Police

The Royal Malaysia Police is a part of the security forces structure in Malaysia. The force is a centralised organization with responsibilities ranging from traffic control to intelligence gathering. Its headquarters is located at Bukit Aman, Kuala Lumpur. The police force is led by an...

 to ensure safety on all roads in Malaysia during festive seasons such as Hari Raya Aidilfitri, Deepavali, Christmas Day and Chinese New Year

Chinese New Year

Chinese New Year – often called Chinese Lunar New Year although it actually is lunisolar – is the most important of the traditional Chinese holidays. It is an all East and South-East-Asia celebration...

. This operation began in 2001 and also involves the collaboration of the Malaysian Road Transport Department

Malaysian Road Transport Department

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 (JPJ), Commercial Vehicle Licensing Board (CVLB) and the National Anti-Drugs Agency (NADA).

Main objective

Among the main objectives, including:

• to ensure safety on all roads in Malaysia during festive seasons.
• to reduce road accidents during festive seasons.
• to monitor all accident area prones in expressways
  Malaysian Expressway System
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  , federal roads
  Malaysian Federal Roads System
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  , state roads
  Malaysian State Roads system
  Malaysian state roads are the secondary roads in Malaysia. The construction of state roads in Malaysia are funded by Malaysian Public Works Department of each states...
  
  , municipal roads and other roads.

Measures

Among the steps taken during Ops Sikap, including:

• special monitoring of express bus
• monitoring using a patrol car is not marked and the observer in the police observation tower
  Observation tower
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   highway
• reduce speed limits on federal roads (90 km/h to 80 km/h) and state roads (80 km/h to 70 km/h)
• restrict heavy vehicles from the road on certain days

List of Ops Sikap operations

Year	Operation	Date in operation	Duration (days)	Festive season
2001	Ops Sikap I	9–23 December	14	Christmas Day
2002	Ops Sikap II	5–19 February	14	Chinese New Year Chinese New Year Chinese New Year – often called Chinese Lunar New Year although it actually is lunisolar – is the most important of the traditional Chinese holidays. It is an all East and South-East-Asia celebration...
2002	Ops Sikap III	29 November - 13 December	13	Hari Raya Aidilfitri
2003	Ops Sikap IV	25 January - 8 February	14	Chinese New Year Chinese New Year Chinese New Year – often called Chinese Lunar New Year although it actually is lunisolar – is the most important of the traditional Chinese holidays. It is an all East and South-East-Asia celebration...
2003	Ops Sikap V	18 November - 2 December	14	Hari Raya Aidilfitri
2004	Ops Sikap VI	15–29 January	14	Chinese New Year Chinese New Year Chinese New Year – often called Chinese Lunar New Year although it actually is lunisolar – is the most important of the traditional Chinese holidays. It is an all East and South-East-Asia celebration...
2004	Ops Sikap VII	7–21 November	14	Hari Raya Aidilfitri and Deepavali (Deeparaya DeepaRaya DeepaRaya is a name for the Deepavali and Hari Raya festivals, which are traditionally celebrated by ethnic Indians and Malays respectively in Malaysia as well as in Singapore. The word came about because of the occasional coincidental timing of the Hindu festival Deepavali and the Muslim festival... )
2005	Ops Sikap VIII	2–16 February	13	Chinese New Year Chinese New Year Chinese New Year – often called Chinese Lunar New Year although it actually is lunisolar – is the most important of the traditional Chinese holidays. It is an all East and South-East-Asia celebration...
2005	Ops Sikap IX	27 October - 10 November	14	Hari Raya Aidilfitri and Deepavali (Deeparaya DeepaRaya DeepaRaya is a name for the Deepavali and Hari Raya festivals, which are traditionally celebrated by ethnic Indians and Malays respectively in Malaysia as well as in Singapore. The word came about because of the occasional coincidental timing of the Hindu festival Deepavali and the Muslim festival... )
2006	Ops Sikap X	23 January - 6 February	14	Chinese New Year Chinese New Year Chinese New Year – often called Chinese Lunar New Year although it actually is lunisolar – is the most important of the traditional Chinese holidays. It is an all East and South-East-Asia celebration...
2006	Ops Sikap XI	17–31 October	14	Hari Raya Aidilfitri and Deepavali (Deeparaya DeepaRaya DeepaRaya is a name for the Deepavali and Hari Raya festivals, which are traditionally celebrated by ethnic Indians and Malays respectively in Malaysia as well as in Singapore. The word came about because of the occasional coincidental timing of the Hindu festival Deepavali and the Muslim festival... )
2007	Ops Sikap XII	11–25 February	14	Chinese New Year Chinese New Year Chinese New Year – often called Chinese Lunar New Year although it actually is lunisolar – is the most important of the traditional Chinese holidays. It is an all East and South-East-Asia celebration...
2007	Ops Sikap XIII	7–21 October	14	Hari Raya Aidilfitri
2007	Ops Sikap XIV (Special)	6–11 November	4	Deepavali
2007- 2008	Ops Sikap XV	19 December - 2 January	14	Christmas Day and New Year's Day New Year's Day New Year's Day is observed on January 1, the first day of the year on the modern Gregorian calendar as well as the Julian calendar used in ancient Rome...
2008	Ops Sikap XVI	31 January - 14 February	14	Chinese New Year Chinese New Year Chinese New Year – often called Chinese Lunar New Year although it actually is lunisolar – is the most important of the traditional Chinese holidays. It is an all East and South-East-Asia celebration...
2008	Ops Sikap XVII	24 September - 8 October	14	Hari Raya Aidilfitri
2008	Ops Sikap XVIII (Special)	24–29 October	5	Deepavali
2009	Ops Sikap XIX	19 January - 2 February	14	Chinese New Year Chinese New Year Chinese New Year – often called Chinese Lunar New Year although it actually is lunisolar – is the most important of the traditional Chinese holidays. It is an all East and South-East-Asia celebration...
2009	Ops Sikap XX	24–29 October	5	Hari Raya Puasa
2010	Ops Sikap XXI	7–21 February	14	Chinese New Year Chinese New Year Chinese New Year – often called Chinese Lunar New Year although it actually is lunisolar – is the most important of the traditional Chinese holidays. It is an all East and South-East-Asia celebration...
2010	Ops Sikap XXII	1–16 September	22	Hari Raya Aidilfitri and Malaysia Day Malaysia Day Malaysia Day is held on September 16 every year to commemorate the establishment of the Malaysian federation on the same date in 1963. It marked the joining together of Malaya, North Borneo, Sarawak, and Singapore to form Malaysia... (Merdeka Raya)
2011	Ops Sikap XXIII			Chinese New Year Chinese New Year Chinese New Year – often called Chinese Lunar New Year although it actually is lunisolar – is the most important of the traditional Chinese holidays. It is an all East and South-East-Asia celebration...
2011	Ops Sikap XXIV			Hari Raya Aidilfitri and Merdeka Day (Merdeka Raya)

External links

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