11,377 Individuals Enter Thailand via Bukit Kayu Hitam Border Over 2 Days as Hatyai Recovers from Floods

The Malaysian Border Control and Protection Agency (AKPS) has revealed that a total of 11,377 individuals were recorded entering Thailand over 2 days via the Bukit Kayu Hitam Immigration, Customs, Quarantine and Security (ICQS) Complex in Kedah.

Specifically, 4,881 individuals went through the land border checkpoint to Thailand on 18 December and 6,496 individuals on 19 December.

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11,377 individuals crossed the border to Thailand at the Bukit Kayu Hitam ICQS Complex over 2 days

Kosmo! quoted Bukit Kayu Hitam AKPS commander, Senior Assistant Commissioner Mohd Nasaruddin M Nasir, as saying that 3,398 individuals went through the checkpoint to Malaysia on 18 December and 3,619 individuals on 19 December.

Furthermore, during the period, one individual, a Bangladeshi national, was denied entry to Malaysia at the border checkpoint on 19 December.

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Kosmo! reported that the number of people crossing the border during this school holiday saw a significant decline compared to the past.

For example, on 13 September, 17,030 individuals went through the border checkpoints to Thailand for the school holiday and the Hari Malaysia long weekend.

Moreover, both Bukit Kayu Hitam ICQS Complex in Kedah and Padang Besar ICQS Complex in Perlis saw a significant decline in activity recently.

This is due to the recent floods in Southern Thailand, with Songkhla province’s Hatyai currently not ready to welcome mass tourism again.

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The portal in a special report revealed that the Thai city is only ready to welcome tourists again after 6 months. 

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