VEP still not fully enforced, Singapore drivers have ‘nothing to worry’ about for now: Malaysia's transport minister
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JOHOR BAHRU: Singapore drivers who have not installed Vehicle Entry Permit (VEP) tags onto their vehicles will continue to receive warning notices instead of being fined, Malaysia Transport Minister Anthony Loke said on Wednesday (Dec 18), confirming that the government was still not yet fully enforcing the VEP scheme on foreign motorists.
Loke was responding to a question from CNA on whether action against Singapore motorists with unpaid traffic fines will be taken from Jan 1, 2025, as previously announced by Malaysia’s Road Transport Department (JPJ).
“We have not announced the (full) implementation (of VEP enforcement) yet … Any further enforcement will be communicated and will be announced. So nothing to worry for the drivers,” he said on the sidelines of an event in Kuala Lumpur.
Loke added that at present, drivers who have not applied for the VEP will continue to be issued warning notices, but cautioned that this is a temporary arrangement.
“We are giving notices to drivers who have yet to apply for the VEP, but that is for the time-being. That is still the case right now,” Loke said while urging drivers to complete their registration for the VEP.
Four days before the start of the VEP enforcement, JPJ announced that it would be "executed in phases" and Singapore cars yet to install VEP tags by the Oct 1 deadline will still be allowed to enter Malaysia.
The Malaysia government had previously said that motorists who fail to install a VEP may be fined up to RM2,000 (US$484) or jailed for up to six months.
Loke had previously said that his government was taking a “very gradual approach” in enforcing VEP and that those drivers who enter Malaysia without a VEP RFID tag installed would receive a warning notice.
He added then that when the government would comment on the second phase of enforcement, drivers will be given sufficient notice.
