Malaysia steps up border security after bomb blast in Thailand

Published: 12:31pm, 10 Mar 2025Updated: 12:34pm, 10 Mar 2025

Malaysia has tightened security along its border with Thailand following a bomb blast in the neighbouring nation.

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Inspector General Razarudin Husain said on Sunday that the police were closely monitoring developments in Thailand’s Narathiwat province and had immediately enforced strict security measures until the situation was deemed safe.

He said personnel stationed at the border had been instructed to heighten their readiness levels and implement stringent security protocols.

“The strike force company and battalion intelligence teams have been ordered to intensify patrols at illegal crossing points and ‘hotspots’” he told Bernama news agency.

Razarudin said Malaysian police were conducting round-the-clock security monitoring at police posts as an additional precaution.

People walk with their luggage towards Malaysia at the border in Sungai Kolok district, southern Thailand’s Narathiwat province, in 2022. Photo: AFP
People walk with their luggage towards Malaysia at the border in Sungai Kolok district, southern Thailand’s Narathiwat province, in 2022. Photo: AFP

The explosion occurred in front of the Sungai Kolok stadium in southern Thailand at around 6.25pm on Saturday, Razarudin said.

  

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