KUALA LUMPUR, March 6 -- A total of 22,282 Malaysia My Second Home (MM2H) programme applications have been approved since 2015, with the bulk of these applicants being Chinese nationals.

In a parliamentary written reply, Tourism, Arts and Culture Minister Datuk Seri Tiong King Sing said the total approved was from 30,303 applications received between 2015 and 2024.

China recorded a total of 15,053 applications and 10,830 approvals.

The highest number of applications was recorded in 2019, with a total of 7,948 applications, of which 3,598 were approved; whereas the lowest was recorded in 2021, with only 100 applications and 77 approvals which reflected the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Tiong was responding to Putrajaya MP Datuk Radz...