Audit: Over 95% of Chinese and Indian tourists have no exit records

KUALA LUMPUR: There are no records of exit dates involving more than 95% of Chinese and Indian nationals visiting the country between 2016 and last year, states the Auditor-General's Report 2018.

"For the year 2016 to 2018, it was found that out of the 79,799 Chinese tourist arrivals through the Malaysian Immigration System (MyIMMs), a total of 76,258 (95.6%) have no records of exit dates.

"As for Indian nationals, out of the 41,243 arrivals between 2017 and 2018, it was found that 39,806 (96.5%) have no record of exit dates.

"The audit also found that the data of some 1.26 million Chinese nationals and 295,634 Indian nationals are still being processed manually under the MyIMMs," it said.