JOHOR BARU (THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - All
foreign-registered vehicles entering Malaysia will soon require a
RM25 (S$8.06) vehicle entry permit (VEP), the country's transport
minister Liow Tiong Lai said.
The VEP will be valid for five years and vehicle owners
will receive a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tag to be
placed on the windshields of their vehicles, Liow said on Saturday
(Oct 7).
"The VEP will help us to identify the number of foreign
vehicles entering Malaysia and also to prevent car theft and car
cloning syndicates," he said after attending an inauguration
ceremony at the Fong Guang Shan Malaysia Hsingma Si education
centre in Taman Sutera Utama.
A separate RM20 Road Charge, which is currently imposed
on vehicles entering the country from Singapore, will also apply to
the northern border with Thailand either by the end of this year or
early next year, Liao added. The charges will be imposed on cars
entering from Brunei and Indonesia at a "later stage".
The Road Charge was implemented at the Johor
Causeway and the Second Link Crossing in Tanjung Kupang,
Gelang Patah in November 2016.
Liow said the RFID tag could eventually be used to pay
the Road Charge as well, as an alternative to the Touch 'n Go
system.
ST