Malay­sians just had to show their MyKad to Malaysian Immigration officers and walk across to Wang Prachan Day Market in Thailand. Thais could walk into Malaysia without showing a single document, but could not go beyond a 1km radius on Malaysian soil. The Star visited this border town and found that the population had shrunk tremendously. “Satun (a Thai town near the Perlis border) is far from Thai ports where onions are imported. In early 2015, Vat69 commandos and General Operations Forcesoldiers discovered “transit camps” used to smuggle illegal immigrants into Malaysia in Wang Kelian’s jungles.

Source: The Star June 02, 2019 23:48 UTC