Errant Singapore drivers caught without a valid Vehicle Entry Permit (VEP) racked up a total of RM57,000 in 190 traffic summonses in the first five days of the permit’s full enforcement, according to Road Transport Department (JPJ).
The department’s director for Johor state Azmil Zainal Adnan said 1,767 vehicles were inspected, with 94 vehicles issued warning notices since the stepped-up enforcement, which began last week on Jul 1. “So far, VEP enforcement at the land checkpoints has proceeded smoothly,” he told local news agency Bernama on Sunday (Jul 6).
Malaysia’s Transport Minister Anthony Loke previously announced in June that Singapore-registered vehicles entering Malaysia without a valid VEP will face a RM300 compound fine from Jul 1.Checks will be done through enforcement team operations outside the checkpoints to prevent traffic congestion there, he said.
Malaysia began the stepped-up enforcement of the VEP scheme at the stroke of midnight last Tuesday, with authorities setting up a roadblock about 100m from the immigration checkpoint at the Causeway.
Enforcement officials from the Road Transport Department (JPJ) stopped Singapore motorists without a valid VEP tag or an unactivated one, and issued them a RM300 fine.
