Autogate glitch exposes system weaknesses


AT about noon on July 18, more than 200 Immigration autogates nationwide suddenly went offline for foreigners, causing chaos in almost all major entry points whether air, sea or land.

For more than 24 hours, over 500,000 foreign passport holders, unable to clear Immigration using the autogate facility, were forced to undergo slow and time-consuming manual screenings.

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