JOHOR BARU: The chaos at the two land checkpoints with Singapore has entered a third day, with many worried as the severe congestion at the motorcycle immigration clearance lanes is threatening to spill over to the car and bus lanes.
The situation at the motorcycle lanes arose after Malaysian authorities started clamping down on local motorcyclists who rode in or out of the country without scanning their passports or relevant travel documents by sneaking through unmanned immigration counters.
Mohd Affendi Ali, 55, said the congestion is the worst he has experienced since he started commuting to Singapore five years ago.
“I was stuck for more than one hour in the morning and another 45 minutes entering Malaysia in the evening. Even when the MBike system failed last year, the situation wasn’t this bad. Just because of some illegal action by a handful of Malaysians who moved (traffic) cones (at inactive immigration counters) to leave the country without scanning their passports, now thousands of law-abiding motorcyclists like me are facing stringent checks,” he said.
Mohd Affendi added that while the facial recognition system using the MyBorderPass app is quite stable, there are not many lanes for motorcyclists to use.
“Even the QR application associated with the National Integrated Immigration System (NIISe), which operates through the MyNIISe mobile app, is not functioning properly. Why is nobody looking into these issues?” he asked.
