Thai Taxis Prevented To Enter Country To Take Passengers

JITRA, Malaysia: -- All taxis from Thailand, including motorcycles used as taxis, will no longer be allowed to enter the country to take passengers, effective Monday, said Deputy Internal Security Minister Datuk Johari Baharom.

"From Jan 1, we will enforce fully the regulations and laws on entry and exit at all checkpoints along the Malaysia-Thailand border," he said.

He also said that effective from that date, all Thai vehicles without complete documents and breaching the Road Transport Department (RTD) regulations would not be allowed into the country.

The Internal Security Ministry had also submitted a proposal to the Cabinet to review the policy allowing Thai nationals to enter the free trade zone without travel documents and permission to take passengers in the Malaysian free trade zone right up to the Bukit Kayu Hitam Customs, Immigration and Quarantine (CIQ) Complex.

Speaking to reporters here, he said the government was also urged to withdraw the permission allowing Thai vehicles to enter up to two kilometres into the country, without complete travel documents.

Johari, who is also the Kubang Pasu Member of Parliament, was here to give away 26 cattle for sacrifice to 12 Umno zones in the division, government departments and selected mosques in conjunction with Aidiladha.

Johari hoped that the incident where a group of Thai nationals had assaulted two enforcement officers from the Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs at the Bukit Kayu Hitam CIQ recently would not recur when checks at the border checkpoints were tightened,

He explained that enforcement of the new regulations would not affect trade relations between both countries or the Visit Malaysia Year 2007 campaign. On the other hand, the people would feel safer.

-- BERNAMA 2006-12-30

Quite right.

Time to get the correct documents, then all will be in order.

There is no problem for correctly documented vehicles to cross the border.

Quite right.

Time to get the correct documents, then all will be in order.

There is no problem for correctly documented vehicles to cross the border.

You mean like foreigners who want to stay in Thailand.