Passports confiscated
NZPA-Reuter Kuala Lumpur Hie Malaysian Government had confiscated the passports of 53 Malaysians for visiting . China without official approval, Home. Ministry officials said. More Malaysians were expected to lose their passports for making such visits because immigration authorities were investigating the matter further, they
told the English-language daily, “New Straits Times.” The Governments gives only Malaysians with relatives in China or those seeking medical treatment special permission to visit the country. Those going there on Government delegations and for United Nations acitivites are also given approval. Malaysia established dip-
lomatic relations with China in 1974, but links are on a “Government-to-Govenr-ment basis” rather than a “people-to-people basis/’ say Foreign Ministry officials. Government officials have alleged that Peking is granting travel permits to some Malaysian visitors crossing over from Hong Kong.
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