Fees for border permits cut

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The government yesterday decided to stop selling temporary permits to Cambodian citizens heading to Thailand’s Rong Kluea market through the Poipet border checkpoint. A letter from Banteay Meanchey provincial governor Soun Bavor said that on Wednesday, Deputy Prime Minister Ke Kim Yan decided to stop selling the permits – which cost 1,000 riel or 10 baht (about $0.25) – to Cambodians crossing the border, to help reduce their expenditures.
 

“Relating to other administrative services to citizens, I requested that officials at headquarters provide them with transparency, fairness and efficiency,” he said. Provincial governor Soun Bavor could not be reached for comment yesterday, while deputy provincial governors Um Reatrey and Ly Sary said they were unaware of the fees being scrapped.
 

Poipet immigration police chief Sim Sam Ath said he had received the letter and had already discussed it with the Thai side to facilitate citizens crossing the border at no charge. “We have begun implementation. We received the letter today and we will implement from Friday onwards,” he said.

 

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