ISKANDAR PUTERI, Johor – Heavy congestion at both land checkpoints in Johor in the past few days has been linked to tighter immigration procedures following several cases of motorcyclists slipping through without undergoing passport checks.
Johor works, transportation, infrastructure and communications committee chairman Mohamad Fazli Mohamad Salleh said the stricter standard operating procedures (SOPs) were imposed at the motorcycle lanes of the Bangunan Sultan Iskandar and Kompleks Sultan Abu Bakar customs, immigration and quarantine checkpoints over the past few days.
“The congestion mainly involved users of the manual counters, which require officers to physically inspect and scan each passport.
