VIDEOS of a vehicle in flames have gone viral on social media, with comments claiming that the incident happened at the Customs, Immigration and Quarantine Complex (CIQ) at Johor Baru's Bangunan Sultan Iskandar (BSI). It was also said that the car's occupants, a Singaporean couple, managed to escape unharmed in the incident. Is it true that a...
JOHOR BARU: The QR code system for Malaysian travellers has seen an encouraging response, with nearly 70,000 people registering to use the trial system aimed at expediting immigration clearance at the border crossings with Singapore. As of press time, one of the applications, known as MyTrip and embedded within the MySejahtera mobile app, has been functioning...
ISKANDAR PUTERI: Johor police will recommend that Bukit Aman suspend the two policemen who allegedly extorted money from travellers at the Bangunan Sultan Iskandar (BSI) Customs, Immigration and Quarantine complex near the Causeway. State police chief Comm M. Kumar said the matter must be taken seriously as two separate allegations have surfaced against the same policemen. “At...
JOHOR BARU: The Regent of Johor has held an audience with top officials from the state government and federal agencies to discuss operations at Johor’s two land checkpoints. Tunku Ismail Ibni Sultan Ibrahim received the audience led by Johor Mentri Besar Datuk Onn Hafiz Ghazi here on Tuesday (March 26). According to a post on Tunku Ismail’s...
JOHOR BARU: Projects worth more than RM168.7mil will be carried out at both of Johor’s customs, immigration and quarantine (CIQ) complexes to address the traffic congestion issues, says Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof. The Deputy Prime Minister said the projects include adding 44 MBIKE lanes at the Bangunan Sultan Iskandar (BSI) and Kompleks Sultan Abu Bakar (KSAB)...
JOHOR BARU: The Home Ministry is seriously looking into the possibility of reopening a “shortcut” at Bangunan Sultan Iskandar Customs, Immigration and Quarantine Complex (BSI CIQ) to give pedestrians a shorter route for passport clearance into Singapore. Its minister, Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail (pic), said a joint committee, chaired by himself and Johor Mentri Besar...
