Over 51,000 Malaysian tourists enter Thailand via Bukit Kayu Hitam

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More than 51,000 travellers passed through the Bukit Kayu Hitam Immigration, Customs, Quarantine, and Security Complex (ICQS) border checkpoint into Thailand for the school break and Malaysia Day holiday.  Read more at https://shorturl.at/CzyPD  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00More than 51,000 travelers passed through the Bukit Kayu-Hitam Immigration, Customs,

00:08Quarantine, and Security Complex border checkpoint into Thailand for the school break and Malaysia

00:14Day holiday.

00:15KERDA Immigration Department Director Mohamed Ridzuan Mohamed Zain said the figure accounted

00:20for the period from September 12 to 14, and the numbers are expected to keep increasing.

00:27He said another 6,003 tourists crossed into Thailand through the Kota Putra checkpoint.

00:33He said the department had taken measures to handle the surge by opening six additional

00:37counters at the checkpoint.

00:39He said Malaysians should ensure their passport remain valid and check on possible outstanding

00:44income tax or criminal records that could prevent them from traveling abroad.

00:49The department also said there was a surge in the application and renewal of passports

00:53and border crossing passes at the Bukit Kayu-Hitam Immigration Office.

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