RECOGNITION OF FOREIGN DRIVING LICENSE. Section 28 of the Road Transport Act (APJ) 1987, explaining that “a license issued eeler the corresponding provisions of any law in force in any State which becomes a party to the treaty to which Malaysia is a party and which purports fo recognize cervastic driving licenses issued by the contracting states shall, 60 long as such license fomains in force in that State, be deemed a license granted under this Part. Pursuant to Section 28, 1987 APJ above, holders of foreign driving license can drive in this country as long as foreign domestic driving license is stil valid operation brings with it a translation in English or Bahasa Malaysia (if the license in a language other than Bahasa Malaysia or English) which was approved by the embassy of the original driving ligense in Malaysia or the producer of the driving license. In this regard, a foreign national is not required to hold a driving license to drive in Malaysia Malaysia. In addition, foreign nationals who wish to drive in this country also have the option to use an Intemational Driving Permit (International Driving Permit, IDP). Driving License for the State listed below is recognized and can be used to drive in Malaysia are subject to regulation under the APJ 1987 and the rules thereunder. List of countries Afghanistan Albania Algeria Argentina Austria Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Benin Bolivia Bosnia Herzegovina Botswana Brazil Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Canada Central Frican Chad Chile Colombia Congo Costa Rica Cote D'tvore Croatia Czechoslovakia D. Cambodia Dahomey Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador Estonia Ethiopia French Polynesia Gabon Gambia Georgia Ghana Greece Guatemala Guinea Guyana Haiti Holy See Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Ireland Israel Ivory Coast JamaicaJordan Latvia Liechtenstein Malawi Monaco Nepal Pakistan Republic of Macedonia San Marino Sierre Leone South Africa ‘Swaziland Togo Uganda Uruguay Wester Samoa Cambodia Kenya Lebanon Lesotho Lithuania Luxembourg Maldive Island Mauritania Mongolia Morocco Nicaragua Niger Panama Paraguay Republic of Moldova Romania Saudi Arabia Senegal Slovakia Slovenia Southem Yemen Sri Lanka Sweden Syria Trinigad & Tobago Tunisian Ukranian Soviet United Kingdom Socialist (Ukraine) Uzbekistan Venezuela Yemen Yugoslavia Zambia Zimbabwe Kuwait Liberia Madagascar Mexico. Namibia Norway Peru Rwanda Seychelles Somalia Sudan Taiwan Turmenikistan United State of America Vietnam Zaire