Besides Indonesia, these are 22 countries whose citizens are prohibited from entering Malaysia

KOMPAS.com – The decision of the Malaysian government to ban the entry of Indonesian citizens (WNI) to its territory was widely discussed in the world of social networks.

Some netizens consider the issued policy reasonable given the increasingly worrying development of the corona virus pandemic in Indonesia.

One of them was transmitted by the owner of the Twitter account @mrbudisusanto.

“Naturally, if Indonesian citizens are barred from entering Malaysia in the case of Covid19, Indonesia is not done. Meanwhile, Malaysia wants to protect its people. In fact, Indonesia, which allows entry to citizens of other countries“wrote the account.

Meanwhile, other accounts say that a ban like the one Malaysia made saddens him. This is because countries have started to reject the arrival of Indonesian citizens who are considered prone to carry the virus.

At the height of sadness as an Indonesian citizen, all countries forbid Indo people from entering their country. can be tagged as a virus carrier hehehttps: //t.co/jhYtTkPMvS

– Randy Ariaputra (@randyaria) September 2, 2020

Quoted from Channel News Asia, The ban set out in the Malaysian High Commission warning letter No: KONS 13/2020 is related to Malaysia’s efforts to reduce the number of infection cases in the country.

This prohibition will take effect as of Monday (7/9/2020), until an indeterminate time.

In the letter, it is known that not only Indonesian citizens are prohibited from entering Malaysia.

There are a total of 23 countries with a severe pandemic whose citizens are also not allowed to enter Malaysia.

The following is a list of 23 countries whose citizens are prohibited from entering Malaysia:

1. United States

2. Brazil

3. India

4. Russia

5. Peru

6. Colombia

7. South Africa

8. Mexico

9. Spain

10. Argentina

11. Chile

12. Iran

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13. England

14. Bangladesh

15. Saudi Arabia

16. Pakistan

17. France

18. Turkey

19. Italy

20. Germany

21 Iran

22. Filipina

23. Indonesia

This ban is imposed on citizens who come from countries that have registered more than 150,000 cases of corona virus infection.

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Indonesia is among those banned, considering that the number of cases in this country has reached almost 200,000 cases.

Malaysian Defense Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob mentioned that the list of countries that have been banned from entry may continue to grow.

“We will add more high-risk countries, which have more than 150,000 positive cases to the list. Their citizens will be banned (from entering Malaysia),” he said.

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However, Malaysia still opens its doors to people from countries that prohibit, when there is an urgent and important matter.

“However, for emergencies or cases involving bilateral relations, for example, someone needs to attend a meeting between countries, we will allow entry. But permission from the immigration department is required,” he said.

Launching The star, This ban includes those holding long-term residence permits from 23 banned countries, including permanent residents, MySecond Home Malaysia participants, and expats with professional licenses.

Not only that, Malaysian couples and students from 23 countries are also banned from entering.