JOHOR BARU: The Road Transport Department (JPJ) has already started issuing summonses to Singapore-registered vehicles entering the country without a valid Vehicle Entry Permit from midnight Tuesday (July 1).
More than a dozen summonses of RM300 have been issued since the VEP ruling took effect on July 1.
The department’s director-general, Datuk Aedy Fadly Ramli, stated that the enforcement period was conducted following an extensive awareness campaign.
“If a Singaporean vehicle enters Malaysia without registering or activating its VEP, we will issue a summons, and they must pay immediately before leaving the country.
"We will set up mobile counters at checkpoints to manage the situation, allowing motorists to settle their fines and activate their VEP tags on the spot,” he said to reporters during a special VEP operation at the Bangunan Sultan Iskandar Customs, Immigration and Quarantine (BSI) complex here on Tuesday.
He added that as of June 29, over 206,000 private vehicles and 3,765 company vehicles have activated their VEP tags; however, 42,416 tags remain inactive, prompting this enforcement drive.
“We have given them seven years to install Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology for the VEP, and that is more than enough time.
“We welcome Singaporeans, but everyone must obey the rules,” Aedy Fadly said.
He said motorists can also activate their tags at the 24-hour Danga Bay VEP centre or online via the MyEG portal before attempting to cross the border.
