BANGKOK: Thailand has handed over a list of people who are allegedly holding dual citizenship to Malaysia as both countries stepped up efforts to deal with the issue, said Gen Prawit Wongsuwon yesterday.
The Thai Deputy Prime Minister, who is also Defence Minister, said both countries have set up a working committee on the matter as part of a joint initiative to solve the problem.
"We (Malaysia and Thailand) have already set up a joint working committee on the matter and it will be more clear and concrete on what we will do with dual citizenship people.
"We (Thailand) already handed over a list of dual citizenship people to Malaysia," he told the media at Government House here, adding that cooperation between both countries on security issues have progressed well.
The issue of people holding dual citizenship was discussed during Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi's working visit to Thailand in August.
Ahmad Zahid had also asked Thailand to furnish a list of those allegedly holding dual citizenship, along with their bio-metric records for verification.
The issue was also discussed during the 6th Annual Consultation between both countries in Bangkok in Sept, as well as the General Border Committee (GBC) meeting in Kuala Lumpur earlier this month.
On the proposal to build a border wall along the Malaysia-Thailand's border, Prawit said both sides had also agreed to set up a joint committee to look deeper into the proposal.
He said the border wall would probably be constructed on areas which are inaccessible to border patrols. - Bernama