Traffic crawls as BSI hit by power outage


JOHOR BARU: Travellers between Malaysia and Singapore were surprised that electricity was cut off at Bangunan Sultan Iskandar (BSI) Customs, Immigration and Quarantine Complex (CIQ), which is one of the world’s busiest land crossings.

A technician, who wanted to be known as Ahmad Faiz, 39, said he just returned from work in Singapore at 10pm on Tuesday and saw it was pitch black at the arrival area in BSI.

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