Originally Posted by
invisible
I rented cars about 10 times in Malaysia during my times in SEA (2011-2021) and never been asked IDp. Had particularly good experience with Wahdah
https://www.wahdah.my/cars/johor-bahru
P.S. The fact that they never asked for docs that time does not mean that they won't ask now...
The point is that the Police are entitled to ask for an IDP. Whether they do or not is up to them, you might imagine with a licence in English most police would not. But if they ask for it and you don't have an IDP then you may be detained unless you can't come to some other arrangement at the roadside.
I previously had to come to an arrangement in Sarawak when a 4x4 a friend had lent me had an expired JPJ tax disc.