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Since the implementation of the Vehicle Entry Permit (VEP) at the Malaysia-Singapore border on 1 July 2025, the Road Transport Department (JPJ) has issued 5,984 summonses amounting to RM2.19 million
JPJ director-general Datuk Aedy Fadly Ramli said enforcement teams inspected 82,987 Singaporean vehicles during this period, focusing on areas near the Sultan Iskandar Building (BSI) and Sultan Abu Bakar Complex (KSAB) Customs, Immigration, and Quarantine (CIQ) checkpoints, as well as Taman Daya, according to the New Straits Times.
Here are five key facts about the summonses:
1. Summonses were primarily issued to drivers of private and company vehicles who failed to register for a VEP, held expired permits, or were still in pre-registration status
Under Section 66J of the Road Transport Act 1987, offenders must settle their outstanding summonses and complete VEP registration before they are permitted to leave Malaysia.
2. As of last Thursday, the department had issued 391,007 VEP Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tags
Of these, 322,048 individual private vehicle tags are active, while 14,771 are inactive. For company-owned vehicles, 47,496 tags are active, with 7,792 listed as inactive.
3. The primary objective of full VEP enforcement is to boost compliance among foreign-registered vehicles and reduce leakage of national fuel subsidies, specifically RON95 petrol
To achieve this, the VEP system has been integrated with Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) technology for real-time tracking of foreign vehicles.
This allows agencies to share data, including owner profiles and travel histories, to better detect subsidy abuse.
4. VEP is mandatory, with no exceptions
JPJ has reiterated that the VEP is a mandatory regulatory requirement for all foreign-registered vehicles — specifically from Singapore — to track vehicle data and outstanding traffic offences, and it will not be scrapped or suspended again.
5. JPJ and the Ministry of Domestic Trade and Cost of Living intend to intensify these joint operations
The department also plans to expand these integrated enforcement measures to the country's northern borders in the future.
