PETALING JAYA: Tourism, Arts and Culture Minister Datuk Seri Tiong King Sing says he had to personally step in to help an employee of a China-based media company after she was allegedly held up by immigration officers at KL International Airport (KLIA) on arrival from Shenzhen on Thursday (June 29).
The woman had alleged that although her travel documents were in order, she was denied entry by Immigration officers.The woman had arrived in Malaysia with her superior, a senior official of a Chinese government-owned TV station.It is learnt that while her superior was cleared and allowed entry by the Immigration Department, the woman who is the senior official's personal assistant was denied entry and allegedly told there were discrepancies in her travel documents.
"I contacted the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission and together with its officers, we went over to KLIA at 3am to investigate. I met and spoke to both the vistors and Immigration officers on duty," he said.Tiong said the Immigration officers told him that, as there was a language barrier, the matter was a misunderstanding between them and the China nationals.
"Thursday's incident was the fifth time I had gone to intervene on such matters. Also, claims that I did not have a pass to enter the arrival zone is untrue as I do have one which is valid until next year," he said.
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