KUALA LUMPUR, July 1 -- Malaysia began enforcing its long-delayed Vehicle Entry Permit (VEP) requirement at midnight on July 1, issuing fines to 10 Singapore-registered vehicles within the first hour of the operation, according to The Straits Times.

The move marks the end of a months-long grace period since the VEP requirement officially took effect in October 2024. Under the rule, Singaporean drivers must register their private vehicles and install a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag before entering Malaysia by land.

At the Bangunan Sultan Iskandar customs, immigration and quarantine (CIQ) complex in Johor Baru, officers from Malaysia's Road Transport Department (JPJ) began pulling over cars without the tag just as the clock st...