Normal for ministers, M'sian royalty to be given expedited clearance at S'pore checkpoints

Officers at Singapore's border checkpoints, such as Woodlands Checkpoint (above), will have an enhanced set of questions to interview visitors. - The Straits Times/Asia News Network

SINGAPORE: It is normal practice for Singapore's Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) to give expedited clearance to ministers, ICA said on in response to media queries.

ICA also confirmed that Family and Social Development Minister Tan Chuan-Jin was travelling with 20 bus loads of people, who were his residents and grassroots leaders, on Sunday when he, his security officers and the other passengers in his bus were given clearance, without having to queue, at the Tuas Checkpoint at around 9.20pm.