Tomorrow is July 1, which is when full enforcement of the Vehicle Entry Permit (VEP) starts for Singaporean vehicles entering Malaysia. Cars without a valid VEP will face an immediate RM300 compound, in line with Section 66H(7) of the Road Transport Act 1987 (Act 333).
All foreign vehicles entering Malaysia via the Johor Causeway and Second Link are required to register online, pay a RM10 fee for a RFID VEP sticker and settle a RM20 Road Charge for each entry. The non-transferable RFID tag is valid for five years.
According to Bernama, failure to comply with the requirement may result in the vehicle being barred from exiting Malaysia until the compound is settled and the VEP tag activated.
For private vehicle owners who have only completed pre-registration, a summons will be issued and the vehicle will not be allowed to leave Malaysia until the payment is made. For company-owned vehicles, a notice will be issued if pre-registration has been done, while compounds will be issued for those who have not registered. Compounds can only be paid via cashless methods at JPJ counters, mobile JPJ trucks or online platforms such as MyEG.
Since October 2024, reminder notices have been issued to Singaporean vehicle owners who have not registered for the VEP. As of June 2, a total of 231,018 VEP tags have been issued, but only 194,507 have been activated. Between October 1, 2024 and May 31 this year, 52,012 vehicles were inspected, with 2,245 reminder notices issued to owners who have to complete the activation process.
By the way, VEP was first mooted in 2014 but implementation has been delayed three times – in 2017, 2019 and 2020.
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Why is the fine so expensive. Like discouraging tourism and travel between two countries. I heard the issuance of VEP is problematic. This is a big problem if crony companies handling gomen regulations. Why can’t they distribute VEP in selected petrol station in JB and Singapore.
For Singaporeans it would cost them something like SGD90 only. So don’t worry. They can afford it.
The 300 fine should be in SG$, not in MYR.