KOTA BHARU, Nov 6 – The Kelantan government will propose to the federal government to build a wall along the Malaysia-Thailand border near the state.
Deputy Menteri Besar Datuk Dr Mohamed Fadzli Hassan said the construction of the nearly 100-kilometre wall along the said border was very important to combat smuggling activities as well as to control floods.
“If the security forces want to guard the entire border, it is difficult to do so because the Malaysia-Thailand border is very vast. We will bring this proposal to build the wall to the federal government,” he told reporters on Tuesday.
“The authorities always maintain strict control at the border near this state, but there are many illegal bases that make it difficult to monitor unlawful activities.”
According to him, most of the land at the border belongs to individuals which makes it difficult for the authorities to combat smuggling as smugglers enter and exit the Malaysia-Thailand border through unregulated and hard-to-control routes.
Prior to this, Kelantan police Datuk Mohd Yusoff Mamat proposed to the state government to build a wall along the Malaysia-Thailand border to curb cross-border crime.
