JOHOR BARU - JOHOR Menteri Besar Abdul Ghani Othman has urged Singaporeans who say their passports were left unstamped by immigration officials when they entered Johor to come forward and lodge reports.

Malay daily Utusan Malaysia reported yesterday that Datuk Abdul Ghani said Singaporeans facing such problems should raise the issue with him so that the matter could be resolved.

'I wish to meet these Singaporeans if indeed such a thing happened. We need to investigate to see whether these were done deliberately or otherwise,' he told journalists at the Johor Cyberport Multimedia Super Corridor after a joint-venture signing ceremony on Monday.

He also said he was unaware that Singaporeans were jailed for carrying the unstamped passports.

'I will verify this matter, I've not heard about Singaporeans being jailed for unstamped passports,' he was quoted as saying by Singapore's Malay daily, Berita Harian.

Chinese daily Lianhe Zaobao reported that he even asked for newspaper cuttings to prove that such incidents had happened.

When asked to comment on whether he would advise immigration officers to be more meticulous now, he said passport holders should also play their part by checking.