Singaporean and friends detained 7 days after passports went unstamped in Johor

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An oversight at Malaysian customs resulted in a week spent in lock-up and a RM3,000 ($940) fine for a group of Singaporean tourists. According to Shin Min Daily News, one of the men, who did not...

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An oversight at Malaysian customs resulted in a week spent in lock-up and a RM3,000 fine for a group of Singaporean tourists., one of the men, who did not want to be named, drove into Malaysia with four male friends on May 7 at about 11am.

After getting checked by officials at the Johor Checkpoint, they entered the country and enjoyed a five-day vacation in Kuala Lumpur and Johor Baru. When one of them flew back to Singapore on an earlier date, he had no issues clearing the customs. However, the other four were stopped by officials as they tried to exit Johor on May 11.One of them was allowed to return to Johor because he was Malaysian. The rest were told that they had to be detained.

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