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Nearly 40,000 Indian nationals have gone ‘missing’ in Malaysia after the expiry of their tourist visas,Malaysian Prime Minister Mohd Najib Tun Razak said,indicating that he may take up the issue with New Delhi during his forthcoming visit to India.
“Almost 39046 are missing. Thankfully they have not become terrorists. They are here for economic reasons,” he said adding that “their names are not in official records.”
“They may have gone back to India or working here in restaurants or plantations,” Najib told visiting Indian journalists here. Most of the missing Indians in Malaysia belong to Tamil Nadu.
“We want Indian people to visit Malaysia as tourists. We have been quiet liberal. We want genuine ones. They are most welcome,” Najib,who leaves for a three day official visit to India on January 19,said.
The Premier felt that the only problematic exit point in India was Chennai and that there was not any problems with tourists from Delhi,Mumbai and Bangalore.
He said that Malaysia had been quiet liberal in allowing priests and barbers from India to come and work in the country.
The problem of over-stayers is only from Chennai,he stressed adding that is why immigration was not keen on visa on arrival from the southern city.
