Bangalore-based IBM employee Narendra Babu, who was detained here over the weekend for overstaying his visa, will be sent back to India on Tuesday, an official of the Malaysian immigration office said on Monday.
Till then he will remain in the detention unit at the Kuala Lumpur International airport, the immigration official said here turning down Babu's request to release him before his departure on Tuesday.
"There is no procedure that we can release him before tomorrow (Tuesday); he will be escorted by the immigration staff to the aircraft," the official said.
The department denied Babu's request even if the High Commission gives an undertaking to the effect in writing.
It is learnt that Babu, whose visa was to expire on May 16, had applied for two weeks extension on May 13. He presumed that the request was granted as he was not told anything by the immigration department when it returned him his passport. Neither does the stamp on the passport say anything clearly.
"We, at the airport are only concerned with the validity of documents and as per our check his visa had expired. We do not know why was he not given a special pass or told about the rejection," the immigration office official said.
"However, according to procedures, we will send him back on Tuesday by Malaysian Airlines as he is holding a Malaysian Airlines ticket and the airline does not fly to Bangalore on Monday," he said.
"If he can get a ticket for some other airlines we can send him even earlier," he added.
Babu, who works with the planning department at IBM, will be fined ringet 100 (nearly Rs 1,200) for overstaying by seven days, the authorities said.
He was held by immigration officials on Friday night before boarding the flight back home at Kuala Lumpur.
IBM programme manager in Kuala Lumpur, Nazri Shah Musa, in-charge of security, occupation, health, safety and environment said: "I have nothing to comment."
Indian consulate officials in Kuala Lumpur are coordinating with the immigration authorities and IBM officials for the release of Babu.
Relations between India and Malaysia had suffered recently after the police mishandled a crackdown on illegal immigrants detaining around 270 people, mostly Indian IT professionals with valid travel documents.
According to Malaysian law a person committing an immigration offence like overstay is detained for probe. If the overstay is for less then two weeks and there are no other charges against him, he is released at the earliest against a compound fine.
However, if the overstay exceeds two weeks, the case is sent to a magistrate's court.