A group of 3 Singaporean men were purportedly detained in Johor Bahru for 7 days after their passport didn’t reflect any records of them entering the country, according to Shin Min Daily News.
The trio had visited Johor and Kuala Lumpur for 5 days, with one of them flying back and the other 4 driving back to Singapore from JB.
The one who flew back had no problems passing immigration, while the other 4 were stopped at the customs by an officer who pointed out the absence of stamps in the passports.
The father of one of the men, called the Singapore Consulate-General in JB for help.
He said his son and two other men in the group were detained for 7 days and fined RM3,000, and the 4th guy was a Malaysian so he was allowed to return to his home in JB and returned to record a statement on 16 May.
The group was released on 17 May, and one of the men from the group told SMDN that they tried to explain the situation to the customs officer without success.
He said that when they entered Johor, they didn’t check their passports to see if it was stamped.