PASIR MAS, May 12 — Security at the Malaysia-Thailand border is still under control despite a series of explosions in the town of Takbai and Sungai Golok, South Thailand which resulted in two deaths yesterday.

A Bernama survey found residents and traders at the Rantau Panjang Free Trade Zone here, who entered and exited via the Customs, Immigration and Quarantine Complex still conducting their normal daily activities.           

A trader Sarimah Sarji, 43, said the situation in Sungai Golok was still under control although they had to take precautionary measures while in the area.

“The situation is normal but we must be alert because we are forced to use the same route to come and trade here,” she told Bernama.

A taxi driver, Rahim Bakar, 51, said the demand for taxi service whether to or fro Sungai Golok remained normal.

 “Despite the explosions, visitors and residents are still going to and fro but must exercise caution as some bombs may not have been detonated,” he said.

Meanwhile, Kelantan police deputy chief Datuk Mazlan Lazim advised residents in the state to be aware of their surrounding situations and inform their families if they had important businesses in Thailand.

Kelantan Culture, Tourism and Heritage Committee chairman Datuk Md Anizam Abd Rahman said visitors to Rantau Panjang, Bukit Bunga and Pangkalan Kubor were assured of security by the government.

In the incident at 7.30pm, at least two were killed and nine others hurt when dozens of bombs were detonated in southern Thailand. — Bernama

File picture of Thai security personnel inspecting the site of a bomb attack on a roadside in Yala province, August 5, 2013. — Reuters pic