147 Chinese nationals barred from Malaysia since Jan 27

Published on 4 Feb 2020 5:41:51 PM

Home Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said that a total of 147 Chinese nationals were barred from entering Malaysia between Jan 27 and Feb 3.

Muhyiddin said that the visitors all came from the Chinese province of Hubei and its capital city, Wuhan, which is the epicentre of the ongoing novel coronavirus epidemic.