KL urged to move immigration office

KL urged to move immigration office

SINGAPORE (Reuters): Singapore has warned Malaysia that rail passengers will face problems if Malaysia does not shift its immigration operation in the city state, Singapore's Ministry of Home Affairs said yesterday.

It said in a statement that Singapore had told Malaysia that "rail passengers will face difficulties and inconvenience if Malaysian immigration insists on executing their duties at Tanjong Pagar Railway Station" after Friday.

Malaysia has thus far refused Singapore's request that both countries' immigration operations move from Tanjong Pagar in downtown Singapore to a new station just across from Malaysia. Singapore plans to move its own operations there effective on Saturday.

The Malaysian state-owned railway Keretapi Tanah Melayu (KTM) owns about 200 hectares of Singapore land under a 1918 agreement drawn up by the British that gave it the land for as long as it operated train services.