JOHOR BAHRU, Aug. 4 -- The Road Transport Department (JPJ) has reportedly issued RM445,800 in fines from 1,489 summonses issued to Singapore-registered vehicles that failed to install or activate their RFID Vehicle Entry Permit (VEP) tags.

According to Berita Harian, the summonses were meted out between July 1 and August 3 through enforcement operations targeting foreign vehicles at land border checkpoints between Malaysia and Singapore.

JPJ senior enforcement director Muhammad Kifli Ma Hassan reportedly said that a total of 14,379 Singapore-registered vehicles were inspected.

"The majority of the 1,489 vehicle owners or drivers we have summoned so far gave similar excuses - that they were unaware the Malaysian government had begun enf...