i'm unsure if this affects non-Malaysians...
http://m.thestar.com.my/story.aspx?hl=T ... 6AB273D51B}
Tuesday August 26, 2014 12:00:00 AM
Tax defaulters get a rude awakening at the airport
PUTRAJAYA: James E.* returns to his hometown of Sabah every year even after having moved abroad to work seven years ago.
Trips home have been smooth until one incident recently when he was stopped from leaving for Hong Kong from the Kota Kinabalu International Airport immigration checkpoint on July 29.
James, 40, was told by Immigration officers that he had been blacklisted from leaving the country.
“I was told that I couldn’t leave the country until I sorted out my tax liability,”