S'porean Vehicle Owners, Drivers To Be Barred From Leaving M’sia Over Unpaid VEP Fines - JPJ

JOHOR BAHRU, Nov 1 (Bernama) -- Effective Nov 15, foreign vehicle owners or drivers, especially those from Singapore, who have not obtained or activated a Vehicle Entry Permit (VEP) will be prohibited from leaving Malaysia until all outstanding fines are cleared, said Road Transport Department (JPJ) director-general Datuk Aedy Fadly Ramli.

He stated that the full enforcement will cover both privately owned vehicles and company-owned private vehicles that either lack a VEP, have an expired VEP, or remain in pre-registration status.

“Fines will be imposed, and vehicle owners must settle them and complete VEP registration before departing Malaysia. This measure is intended to prevent any complications at the Malaysia-Singapore border,” he said at a press conference after inspecting the VEP Special Enforcement Operation at the Sultan Iskandar Building (BSI) exit here last night.

He added that fines can be settled at JPJ office counters, mobile JPJ counters, the VEP registration counter at Danga Bay, or online through myEG.

He said that previously, enforcement involved issuing foreign vehicle drivers or owners with summons and warning notices, but the time has now come to implement full-scale enforcement.

“Previously, our operations were confined to Johor, but they are now being expanded nationwide. Any Singapore-registered vehicle found without a VEP anywhere in Malaysia will be subject to enforcement action,” he said.

He said that since VEP enforcement began on July 1, a total of 303,183 Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tags have been installed on privately owned vehicles, while an additional 31,643 tags have been fitted to company-owned vehicles.

During the same period, authorities inspected 55,486 vehicles and issued 4,028 fines to owners without a VEP, totalling RM1.2 million, he added.

-- BERNAMA