CHAPTER 4 - REPORT OF THE ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS WORKING GROUP
The first session, held on 13 March, attracted 200 members of the Rantau Panjang community. The
same day, the Commission’s team visited a makeshift jetty along the Golok River where it observed
and tested human movement between Malaysia and Thailand without valid travel documents.2
By paying only RM2 for a return boat ride, the Commission’s officers tested
– without difficulty – the human movement between Malaysia and
Thailand via the Golok River, without valid travel documents
The second session on 14 March was a state-level forum in Kota Bharu, attended by more than 100
representatives of the Government, NGOs, academia and interested groups.
The Commission’s Recommendations
Based on the activity in Kelantan and findings from the RTD, the Commission made a submission to
the Council for ATIP, outlining several recommendations:
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Rantau Panjang was selected by the Commission because the district is one of many that borders Thailand. Divided only by the narrow Golok River,
human movement – with or without valid travel documents – is a daily occurrence between the two countries, and thus, may render it a possible
channel for cross-border human trafficking.
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