Tourists appeal for extension


Staying together: (From right) Chen Wei with her mother, son and father at the state Immigration Department office yesterday.

KOTA KINABALU: An air of uncertainty hangs over the question of when the thousands of China tourists in Sabah could get home amid the state’s suspension of commercial flights from the republic. Some of them, however, hope to be allowed to stay longer.

With the novel coronavirus outbreak, they have cited health and safety reasons in their appeal for a visa extension.

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