KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 16 — The implementation of the Vaccinated Travel Lane (VTL) between Malaysia and Brunei will provide much-needed relief to the people of the two countries in matters relating to cross-border movement.
A Bruneian, Mohd Aliyusri Emran, said the VTL could help facilitate the movement of people in and out of both countries who were previously stranded due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
The 28-year-old civil servant said apart from that, VTL could also strengthen the economies of both countries once cross-border matters were eased.
“Some of my acquaintances live in Malaysia who wants to come to Brunei but facing difficulty. InsyaAllah, with the VTL, it will make it easier to enter and exit Malaysia and Brunei,” he told reporters today.
Yesterday, Malaysia and Brunei have agreed in principle to implement the air and land VTL for cross-border movement between the two countries as a result of discussions between Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob and the Sultan of Brunei Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah at Istana Nurul Iman in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei.
The Sultan of Brunei also agreed to recognise the use of MySejahtera and BruHealth in both countries to facilitate system integration and use by Malaysians and Bruneians.
In this regard, Mohd Aliyusri said with the recognition of the two applications, Bruneians who want to go to Malaysia no longer need to download the MySejahtera application while Malaysians visiting Brunei no longer need to download the BruHealth application.
Meanwhile, a Malaysian residing in Brunei, Suriani Lurin, 48, said the news of the VTL was good news to the people and residents of Brunei, including those with family and relatives in Malaysia.
“We are like a family so this is definitely good news.
“I have a family in Malaysia, so the first thing to do is to go back to Labuan. I may also take my family to visit the Peninsula such as Kuala Lumpur because we have not been able to leave Brunei for a long time, it has been more than two years since COVID-19 started,” she said.
— Bernama
