MyWatch chairman splurges RM340,000 on two exclusive ‘BMW’ car number plates

(The Star) – MyWatch chairman R. Sri Sanjeevan has paid a handsome sum of close to RM340,000 for two coveted ‘BMW’ number plates.

According to a photograph which has gone viral on Twitter and instant messaging app WhatsApp, Sanjeevan purchased the BMW8 and BMW11 plates for RM174,776 and RM165,000 respectively.

The photograph also shows the successful bidders for the numbers 1 to 12 bearing the BMW prefix, which is for cars registered with the Selangor JPJ (Road Transport Department).

The BMW number plate series were open for public tender at JPJ offices nationwide from Aug 14 till Aug 28.

Among the owners of the new BMW plates are badminton champion Datuk Lee Chong Wei, who paid RM97,777 for  BMW6, Tengku Ahmad Shah (BMW3, RM132,000) and Tengku Sulaiman Shah (BMW5, RM188,100), and an unidentified member of the government administration, for which no payment was registered (BMW1, BMW2, BMW7, BMW9 and BMW10).

Twitter users had much to say of the extravagance, such as @The_Mamu who tweeted, “Sanjeevan ni meniaga apa sebenarnya? Kaya betul beli number plate mahal-mahal. (What kind of businessman is Sanjeevan? Must be very rich to be able to afford such expensive number plates.)”

@MuazFadhli was similarly gobsmacked, saying, “Kaya Sanjeevan ni. Lee Chong Wei beli satu je no plat BMW. (Sanjeevan is so rich. Even Lee Chong Wei bought just one BMW plate.)”

However, when asked about his purchase of the two plates, Sanjeevan declined to comment and said he would issue a statement on the matter soon.