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Transparency International Malaysia (TI-M) has urged the Malaysian government to stop allowing private companies to hold public funds when managing government toll collections, following Zetrix AI Bhd's failure to submit over RM314 million in toll fees and traffic fines since May. The private sector company, formerly known as MyEG Services Bhd, has submitted a cheque worth RM231 million, but a bank has now informed that they have received instructions not to process the payment as it is from Zetrix.

Zetrix AI Bhd had been given 35 warning notices and four meetings, leading to the suspension of its toll collection services on October 5 after issuing 35 warning notices and holding four meetings. The chairman of TI-M, Raymon Ram, pointed out that new toll collection contracts should include strong contract protection mechanisms to prevent large amounts of government funds from remaining in the private company's possession.

He also called for a forensic audit to establish a clear timeline of events, starting from the first failure to submit toll collections to the government.