M’sia in talks with S’pore on compassionate travel


KLUANG: Malaysia is in talks with Singapore to standardise the SOP for cross-border travel for compassionate reasons.

Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein said currently, Malaysians working in Singapore and who wished to return to the country for compassionate reasons had to put in an appeal.

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