Johor ruler Sultan Ibrahim Iskandar has been announced as the highest bidder of the FF1 number plate. In a post that was posted on Facebook on Sunday, he said he granted an audience to Transport Minister Anthony Loke, who surrendered the plate. Mr Loke posted on Facebook about Sultan that he paid RM1.2 million (S$349,466). The lover of collecting cars is eager to pay for unique licence plates. In July 2016, the Sultan bought the F1 plate for RM836,660 before providing another RM990,000 for V1 a month later.
In the month of May, Mr Loke spoke that the particular FF number plate series brought about exceeding RM34 million in revenue. This happened to be the biggest amount collected since the Road Transport Department’s eBid system was opened to the public on April 15, 2019. FF8 settled for RM950,000 and FF9 for RM911,999. FF3 and FF2 won bids of RM639,000 and RM638,000 respectively. The FF number plate series was brought to cherish the 77th anniversary of the Road Transport Department. Netizens had been investigating on the buyer of FF1 from the moment the series was launched in May. There was a wonderful reaction to this series, with up to 34,032 bidders,” said Mr Loke.