THE Immigration Department has identified a new site for the construction of the Customs, Immigration, Quarantine and Security (CIQS) Complex in Nabawan, located at the Malaysia-Indonesia border.
Immigration Director-General Datuk Seri Khairul Dzaimee Daud said the CIQS Complex would facilitate people’s movement at the country’s border.
“I went to Pagalungan to see the immigration process there and the area was quite far. I was informed that a more suitable site for the CIQS Complex has been identified,” he told reporters after an integrated operation in squatter settlements around Kota Kinabalu on March 14.
Khairul Dzaimee said he also visited the Merapok-Sindumin and Mengkalap Immigration Control Posts in Sarawak to see the preparation ahead of the border reopening on April 1.
He added that a total of 850 illegal immigrants would be deported to their country of origin when the borders are reopened and the cost of their Covid-19 screening would be borne by their respective family members.
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