Malaysia on Tuesday dismissed as inaccurate reports that
visa-on-arrival (VOA) facility for travellers from India has been revoked, saying that the genuine tourists would continue to benefit from the scheme.
"I received information from the home ministry that what was reported in the newspapers about the VOA being discontinued was not accurate and that the policy of issuing
VOA for Indian tourists on arrival in Malaysia remains," Human Resources Minister S Subramaniam said in a statement.
His remarks came days after the local
New Straits Times newspaper
reported that the VOA for tourists from India and Bangladesh had been scrapped due to problems of illegal immigrants said genuine Indian tourists would be issued VOA by the Immigration authorities, adding that the government was concerned with "certain quarters" who had misused the VOA.