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Top 5 at 5: Crackdown on Sungai Golok Border Crossing

Eddin Khoo, Founder, Pusaka

22-Nov-24 17:00

Top 5 at 5: Crackdown on Sungai Golok Border Crossing

Starting in December, Kelantan police will arrest Malaysians crossing the Malaysian-Thailand border illegally, especially at Sungai Golok. This has sparked concerns from both Thai and Malaysian residents in the Sungai Golok region, who are worried about how this would disrupt their children's education, since students use that crossing to go to school everyday. We speak to Eddin Khoo, founder of PUSAKA, about how this move would affect schoolchildren, and the broader implications stricter border restrictions would have on the deep-rooted cultural ties of both nations.

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Image Credit: Amnat Phuthamrong, Shutterstock

Produced by: Alia Zefri, Sudais Ferhard, Tee Shiao Eek

Presented by: Lee Chwi Lynn, Dashran Yohan


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Categories:  visual artspoliticsgovernmentcontroversieseducation

Tags:  Malaysia-Thailand bordersungai goloktype 1 diabetesautoimmune conditionbananakelantanpusakaschoolchildreneducationwar crimeisraelpalestinegazaptptnloan repaymentptptn loan repaymentuniversity studentsdiabetesart installation





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