Tax defaulters get a rude awakening at the airport


PUTRAJAYA: James E.* returns to his hometown of Sabah every year even after having moved abroad to work seven years ago.

Trips home have been smooth until one incident recently when he was stopped from leaving for Hong Kong from the Kota Kinabalu International Airport immigration checkpoint on July 29.

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