US EditionMalaysia to Fully Enforce VEP From Jul 1, Non-Compliant Foreign Motorists to Get US$70 Fine
- Starting July 1, 2025, Malaysia will impose fines of approximately US$70 on owners of Singapore-registered vehicles that have not registered for or activated the Vehicle Entry Permit when crossing the Johor land border.
- This follows a phased VEP rollout that began on October 1, 2024, which allowed several months for foreign vehicles to pre-register and activate their permits.
- Enforcement applies at Customs, Immigration and Quarantine complexes at Bangunan Sultan Iskandar and Sultan Abu Bakar, and summonses must be paid before private individual vehicles can exit Malaysia.
- As of June 2, 2025, 231,018 VEP tags were issued to private vehicles, with 36,511 unactivated, and Transport Minister Anthony Loke said Singaporean drivers had ample time to comply.
- The move seeks to regulate the daily flow of over 100,000 foreign vehicles crossing the border, despite past complaints about delays and communication during VEP implementation.
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Now ready to hit the road, Singaporeans relieved after beating deadline
JOHOR BARU: Eager to stay on the right side of the law, many Singaporean motorists are glad to have their Malaysian Vehicle Entry Permit (VEP) RFID tags ready ahead of the July 1 enforcement at the border.
Malaysia to fully enforce VEP from Jul 1, non-compliant foreign motorists to get US$70 fine
Private individual vehicles without valid VEPs must pay the fine and complete VEP registration before exiting Malaysia. Those with pre-registered but unactivated VEPs will also receive fines and have to pay them before leaving the country, said the transport ministry.
Singapore vehicles without VEP won't be turned back at checkpoints; fines to be issued upon exit instead
Singapore-registered vehicles entering Malaysia without a valid vehicle entry permit (VEP) may still enter the country and not be turned back at land checkpoints, however they will be tagged in the Malaysian system and fines will be issued upon leaving Malaysia, reported New Straits Times. This is in order to prevent unnecessary traffic congestion at the checkpoints, said Johor road transport department (JPJ) director Azmil Zainal Adnan. “They m…
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