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Originally Posted by pecha72
Malaysia was listed in my carnet as one of the Asian countries that require it. It is also listed on several sites on the net, so unless that has changed just recently, I believe they officially do require it.
Sure there seems to be a good chance you could in reality go there without one, at least through the land border with Thailand. No-one asked for it, and I had to walk into the office, and look up the customs officer, who then duly stamped it. And he didnt bother to even see the bike!
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You also have the issue that Malaysia / Thailand have a special agreement that allows them to cross border in ways that are not open to a vehicle registered in say Europe. Cars (from other countries / non Malay) for example cant come into Thailand without a huge bond placed on them, but a Malay registered car can.
I suspect the reason they were not looking to stamp the carnet and no one was looking was the vast majority of the volume of traffic is local Thai / Malay vehicles that are allowed through carnet'less.
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