17 M’sians held in India for allegedly misusing their visas


PETALING JAYA: Seventeen Malaysians who took part in a recent tabligh gathering in New Delhi have been detained in India for supposedly misusing their visas, says Deputy Foreign Minister Datuk Kamaruddin Jaafar (pic).

The Malaysians were detained under three Indian acts – the National Disaster Management act, the Foreigners Act 1946 and the Indian penal code, he said.

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