MIRI: Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg has made travelling
through Sarawak, Brunei and Sabah smoother by putting up the request to
the Sultan of Brunei.
The present system whereby passports are stamped 14 times at the CIQs
of Sarawak, Brunei and Sabah respectively will be a thing of the past
when Malaysia and Brunei introduce digital scanning at their respective
Immigration checkpoints.
On Nov 1, the chief minister at the earth-breaking and launching of
second Limbang Bridge project at Pabahanan in the Ranggau Valley
Development area said he would like to see travellers to and from Brunei
enter both countries without too much hassle.
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak brought the matter up
during the government-to-government meeting with the Sultan of Brunei in
Brunei recently.
Deputy Chief Minister and Bukit Sari assemblyman Datuk Amar Awang
Tengah Ali Hasan said he and the Chief Minister had earlier briefed the
Prime Minister on the matter.
“The prime minster and chief minister later flew to Brunei for this
meeting while I stayed back to officiate at the closing ceremony of
World Islamic Economic Forum (WIEF), and we are glad that the sultan has
consented to the proposed seamless travel with digital technology
system as in the European Union countries.”
He said the chief minister informed him of the decision upon his
return from Brunei and announced that it might kick off next year.
The decision was relayed to the delegates and observers of the four
PBB branches in northern Sarawak at their delegates meeting in Lawas
last Saturday by the chief minister himself.
The decision has put an end to the eight-year long issue.
Limbang MP Hasbi Habibolah had first made the call for seamless
travel without frequent passport stamping between Limbang and Brunei,
and proposed the state and federal governments take it up with the
government of Brunei.
A traveller from Miri to Sabah would require Immigration clearance at
Sungai Tujuh, Tedungan/Kuala Lurah, Pandaruan and Mengkalap and Merapok
CIQs on the Malaysian side.
Regular travellers use the restricted blue Malaysian passports
instead of the red Malaysia international passport due to the multiple
stampings on each return trip.
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