Kelantan to propose building Malaysia-Thailand border wall

 

Kelantan deputy menteri besar Fadzli Hassan said despite the authorities’ strict border checks, there are many illegal bases that make it difficult to monitor unlawful activities.

PETALING JAYA: 

The Kelantan government will propose to the federal government the construction of a wall along the Malaysia-Thailand border in the state.

Deputy menteri besar Fadzli Hassan said a 100km wall along the border would help combat smuggling activities and control floods.

“It is difficult for security forces to guard the entire border because the Malaysia-Thailand border is very vast.

“We will bring this proposal (to build the wall) to the federal government,” he told reporters in Kota Bharu today.

Fadzli said despite the authorities’ strict border control measures, there are many illegal bases that make it difficult to monitor unlawful activities.

He said most of the land at the border is privately owned, which made it difficult for the authorities to combat smuggling. These smugglers enter and exit via the border through unregulated and hard-to-control routes.

Prior to this, Kelantan police chief Yusoff Mamat had proposed to the state government to build a wall along the Malaysia-Thailand border to curb cross-border crime. - FMT