1jul2025 Malaysian authorities finally commerce full enforcement of the VEP after 1st announcing it in 2016 quoted Traffic was snarled soon after midnight on July 1 as motorists entered Johor Bahru via the Causeway, with the Malaysian authorities commencing full enforcement action on Singapore-registered vehicles entering the country without a Vehicle Entry Permit (VEP). As the clock struck 12, 55 officers from the Road Transport Department (JPJ) stationed at the exit road of the Bangunan Sultan Iskandar customs, immigration and quarantine (CIQ) complex heading toward the state capital started pulling aside cars that did not comply with the new rules. Drivers of the private individually owned vehicles entering Johor Bahru without a valid registered and activated VEP face a RM300 (S$91) fine before being allowed to leave the country. “I foresaw it (the VEP enforcement) coming, but I wasn’t really expecting it to be this big,” said 19-year-old Mr Safir Farhan, who was the first motorist to be issued a fine. The third-year Singaporean vocational institute student was driving the family’s car to Johor Bahru for a late supper with his aunt and sister, but the trip was delayed 15 minutes as he had to settle the fine on the spot at a JPJ mobile service van parked on the roadside. Within the hour, 10 Singapore-registered vehicles were issued summonses, JPJ officers told The Straits Times. “I had registered for the VEP already and the tag is on its way being delivered to me,” Mr Safir said, showing ST the acknowledgement e-mail from JPJ. “But we’re okay and they’re (JPJ) just doing their job,” he added. The full enforcement of the rule marks the end of a grace period when vehicles were let off with a warning after the VEP was implemented on Oct 1, 2024. In May that year, Malaysia’s Transport Minister Anthony Loke had said that foreign-registered vehicles entering Malaysia from Singapore must have a VEP tag starting from October. quoted 2016 From mid-July, Malaysia will begin charging an RM20 (S$6.70) fee on Singapore-registered cars and foreign vehicles entering Johor under its Vehicle Entry Permit (VEP) system, the New Straits Times newspaper reported on Wednesday (June 8). The VEP system had been activated at the two land entry points in Johor at the Causeway and at the Second Link since June 1, although motorists were not charged the RM20 levy as the authorities were conducting a test run until July 15. Foreign motorists would only start to pay the RM20 road charge beginning July 16, the newspaper reported.' Malaysia has repeatedly delayed implementing its levy, which was supposed to have taken effect on Aug 1 last year, due to technical issues. The levy can be paid only with a Touch 'n Go card, a cash card that motorists use to pay toll fees on all Malaysian expressways. "The VEP system has been activated since June 1 and we have seen motorists from the neighbouring country giving their full cooperation and following the procedure," said State Public Works, Rural and Regional Development Committee chairman Datuk Hasni Mohammad. "The postponement in the RM20 VEP road charge is to ensure that the system would run smoothly," he added. So far, about 120,000 Singaporean vehicles have registered under the VEP, according to Mr Hasni. He added that he was confident about the VEP system and its equipment.