Among the measures being considered to prevent any further incidences of tourists entering Malaysia without a stamped travel document include increasing the size of Chinese script on signs at Kota Kinabalu International Airport. Photo: Shutterstock Among the measures being considered to prevent any further incidences of tourists entering Malaysia without a stamped travel document include increasing the size of Chinese script on signs at Kota Kinabalu International Airport. Photo: Shutterstock
Among the measures being considered to prevent any further incidences of tourists entering Malaysia without a stamped travel document include increasing the size of Chinese script on signs at Kota Kinabalu International Airport. Photo: Shutterstock
Mercedes Hutton
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How did seven Chinese tourists arriving in Malaysian state of Sabah slip through immigration undetected?

  • Travellers from China have been detained and prosecuted for bypassing immigration checks at Kota Kinabalu International Airport
  • Beijing’s consulate in Sabah accuses officials of treating Chinese citizens differently

Mercedes Hutton
Mercedes Hutton

Updated: 9:54am, 8 Jan, 2020

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Among the measures being considered to prevent any further incidences of tourists entering Malaysia without a stamped travel document include increasing the size of Chinese script on signs at Kota Kinabalu International Airport. Photo: Shutterstock Among the measures being considered to prevent any further incidences of tourists entering Malaysia without a stamped travel document include increasing the size of Chinese script on signs at Kota Kinabalu International Airport. Photo: Shutterstock
Among the measures being considered to prevent any further incidences of tourists entering Malaysia without a stamped travel document include increasing the size of Chinese script on signs at Kota Kinabalu International Airport. Photo: Shutterstock
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Mercedes Hutton

Mercedes Hutton

Mercedes Hutton is a Hong Kong-based journalist. She joined the Post in 2018, where she writes about culture, the environment and history for Post Magazine, and covers travel and tourism in Asia in a weekly column, Destinations Known.