| By Rosli Abidin
Yahya
As the sun was about to set, a
large number of sundowners parked their vehicles at Kuala Lurah
and walked towards the control posts before locating themselves
at their favourite restaurant and café on the other side of the
border.
A retired army officer said
unfortunately the sundowners also included active civil servants
who found relief there after a day of hard work. "I just
want to warn the sundowners who are civil servants," he
said.
"Ensure that you all have
permission to go out of the country otherwise you can get into
trouble for violating the general order of your
employment." he said.
He said civil servants need at
least a two-week notice from their departments to go out of the
country. "I know some of my friends are not doing so. For
them it is so easy, just bring your passport and cross the
border. It is hard to overcome the lure," he said.
He said they might think it is
impractical to ask permission to go out of the country since
they make the trips on daily basis.
He added there are some
departments which give long-term permission for the civil
servants to leave the country any time they like. "But this
is for civil servants who are married to border town
women." He said failure to apply permission to go abroad
may cause civil servants their jobs.
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