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Damaged passports, missing documents: Malaysia’s border control turns away Thai, Bangladeshi travellers at Bukit Kayu Hi...

ALOR SETAR, April 12 — The Border Control and Protection Agency (AKPS) denied entry to 28 foreign nationals at the...

GOF, Thai authorities to hold border security talks in Krabi over illegal immigration issue

 TUMPAT, May 10 — The issue of illegal immigration will be the main focus of a bilateral meeting be...

Malaysia, Thailand team up for rail, energy and cross-border security

CEBU, May 9 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim held a meeting with his Thai counterpart, Anutin Charnviraku...

Army deploys drones, ATVs and scramblers along Malaysia’s border ahead of Aidiladha to curb smuggling

PUTRAJAYA, May 9 — The Malaysian Army (TDM) is tightening security along the country’s borders to curb smugg...

Police: Smuggling syndicates now using waterways, coastal areas after border clampdown

KOTA BHARU, May 18 — Stricter security controls and the closure of illegal bases along the Sungai Golok border hav...

Thailand accelerates rail links with Malaysia

Thailand is fast-tracking plans to upgrade its southern rail network and restore cross-border routes with Malaysia, aiming to boost cross-border trade, logistics capacity and regio...

Malaysia to arm border agency with pistols or tasers following Bukit Kayu Hitam shooting

PORT KLANG, April 17 — The government has agreed to equip the Malaysian Border Control and Protection Agency (AKPS...

Illegal route, valid IDs: Kelantan police confirm status of 34 Sungai Golok-crossing students

KOTA BHARU, April 13 — Police have confirmed that all 34 primary and secondary school students who entered Malaysi...

Exposed: RM1,000 per head syndicate at Kedah border, senior immigration officer among 10 arrested 

KUALA LUMPUR, April 26 — Ten individuals, including a senior Immigration Department officer, were arrested in an o...

Safety over shortcuts: Kelantan border community turn to Rantau Panjang ICQS after action over illegal Sg Golok crossing...

PASIR MAS,  April 17  — A directive by Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail for assistance...

Cross-border cattle run for RM70 each ends with duo in handcuffs in Pasir Mas

PASIR MAS, April 20 — A late-night patrol in Kelantan ended with more than just traffic checks after authorities u...

Malaysian man arrested in Bangkok airport over alleged attempt to smuggle 250 wild animals

 BANGKOK, May 27 — Thai authorities have arrested a Malaysian man at Suvarnabhumi Airport for allegedly...

Thai authorities swoop on 100,000-litre diesel stockpile in Songkhla, Malaysian-linked operator investigated

SONGKHLA, April 5 — Thai authorities on Saturday seized 100,000 litres of diesel belonging to a Malaysian logistic...

Tens of thousands stranded at Malaysia-Singapore border as immigration system crashes

Malaysia's immigration system crashed for the second time in just over a month on May 28, stranding tens of thousands of travelers in long queues at checkpoints nationwide and chok...

Thailand Unilaterally Voids Maritime Boundary Agreement With Cambodia

The 2001 MoU set up a framework for discussions on joint oil and gas exploration in areas of the Gulf of Thailand claimed by both sides.

Border chaos as ageing immigration system crashes again, stranding thousands around Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR, May 29 — Tens of thousands of travellers braved massive queues at all entry points across Malaysia y...

Perlis Inland Port set to boost Malaysia-Thailand trade and regional connectivity, says Loke

PADANG BESAR, May 30 — The government is confident that the development of the Perlis Inland Port (PIP) will contr...

Northern entry points at risk of smuggling should be led by police, says border agency chief

PUTRAJAYA, May 1 — The Malaysian Border Control and Protection Agency (AKPS) has proposed that all entry poin...

Northern entry points at risk of smuggling should be led by police, says border agency chief

PUTRAJAYA, May 1 — The Malaysian Border Control and Protection Agency (AKPS) has proposed that all entry poin...

Thailand scraps Cambodia pact on energy exploration

Police to focus on high-sales petrol stations near borders in new anti-smuggling move, says Saifuddin Nasution

PENGKALAN HULU, April 12 — The Home Ministry (KDN) will assess fuel sales volumes at petrol stations near the coun...

A Country Split in Two – and Connected by the Longest Bridge in Southeast Asia 

Brunei looks simple on the map: a small patch of land on the island of Borneo, squeezed between Malaysia’s Sarawak and Sabah. But its geography is far more unusual than it first ap...

Malaysia to enforce seabass certificate rule, restrict shrimp imports from Thailand June 1

PUTRAJAYA, May 16 — The Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security (MAFS) will tighten import controls on fisheries...

Thailand's embrace of Myanmar's generals redraws ASEAN's moral map