The same penalty applies to private company vehicles without a valid VEP, but such vehicles with pre-registered but unactivated VEPs will be issued a reminder notice instead and be allowed to exit Malaysia.
This is because drivers of such vehicles have experienced issues with registering the VEP e-wallet under a company name, Loke had said on Jun 2.
JPJ’s Aedy Fadli reiterated these enforcement policies on Tuesday.
In a statement early on Tuesday, JPJ said that as of Jun 29, a total of 248,504 VEP tags have been issued to private individual vehicles, of which 206,088 have been installed and activated. It said 42,416 of the tags have not been activated.
“We see that Singaporeans generally comply with the rules. It’s just a small group, and we want to ensure they too comply with Malaysian regulations,” said Aedy Fadli.
“So I’d like to remind Singaporean citizens who want to enter Malaysia moving forward: Register and activate, and you can enter Malaysia anytime, just like other Singaporeans who follow the rules.”
Loke had earlier said that he was confident that a majority of Singapore motorists will register before Jul 1, calling Singaporean drivers “law-obedient”.
Malaysia announced last May that all foreign-registered vehicles entering the country by land from Singapore would be required to use VEPs from October 2024.
Following the announcement, Singapore drivers scrambled to register their cars under the VEP scheme, creating a bottleneck in applications as many expressed frustration over delays in getting their RFID tags.
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