Massive congestion at Sarawak-Brunei checkpoints spoils festive mood

Crawling traffic: According to Lee, of the 22 lanes at the Miri Immigration checkpoint, but only four are open during the first few days of Chinese New Year.

MIRI: Massive traffic congestion along the Sarawak-Brunei border, 35km north of here, somewhat marred what was otherwise a sunny and bright Chinese New Year celebration in this resort city.

Although Assistant Communications Minister Datuk Lee Kim Shin was in a joyful mood to usher in the Year of the Horse, he also felt sad to see the bottleneck at Sungai Tujuh Customs and Immigration checkpoint throughout the first three days of the lunar new year, which spoiled the overall festive mood.