Kuala Lumpur: Starting today (Tuesday), all travellers between Labuan and Sabah will be subject to immigration checks.
Immigration Department Director-General Datuk Seri Khairul Dzaimee Daud said this was in line with the need to improve security and border control in Sabah.
He said currently, the department only conducted random checks on the movement of visitors between Labuan and Sabah.
“The Home Minister, during his official visit to Labuan on Sept 10, had instructed the Immigration Department to implement stricter enforcement on the movement of visitors via the Labuan International Ferry Terminal and the Labuan ro-ro ferry terminal to Sabah.
“This instruction was issued in line with the Sabah Government’s request that immigration checks be carried out on visitors entering Sabah from Labuan,” he said in a statement, Monday.
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