Help stranded Chinese tourists return home, envoy tells Sabah govt
BY JULIA CHAN
The office said in a statement last night that many Chinese tourists who were in Sabah for the Lunar New Year festivities were now stranded because flights have either been significantly reduced or grounded. “The Chinese Consulate-General receives hundreds of calls every day asking how to return to China, and tourists are anxious. In this regard, I hope that the Sabah state government will assume the main responsibility and properly arrange the return of Chinese tourists stranded in Sabah due to the grounding of flights.
On January 30, Liew announced that the state would temporarily ban all flights from China into Sabah which led to cancellation of many scheduled and chartered flights, leaving holidaying Chinese tourists already in the state stranded. Although the state does not have jurisdiction over flights, it has the immigration control to not allow Chinese nationals into the state.
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