Malaysia to enforce liquid-carrying limit on airline passengers in May

Malaysia will enforce limit on the amount of liquid that airline passengers could carry in their hand bags when they depart from the country, beginning next month this year, according to local media on Tuesday.

Liquids, aerosols or gels (LAGs) in airline passengers' hand luggage will be limited to 100 ml per luggage on all international flights departing from Malaysia, beginning on May 21, said Kamaruddin Mohd Ismail, security chief of Malaysia Airports.

LAGs carried in containers more than 100 ml will not be allowed, even if the container is partially filled, Kamaruddin said, stressing that these containers must be placed in a transparent, re-sealable plastic bag with a maximum capacity of one liter, measured 20 cm by 20 cm.

The Malaysia Airports authorities is expected to provide these bags free for the first three to six months, after which passengers must get it themselves from any supermarket, Kamaruddin said.

The bags, with containers in, should be put for X-ray screening separately from other hand luggage, but exemptions will be made for medicine, baby milk and food and special dietary requirements needed during the flight, Kamaruddin said.

LAGs purchased at duty free shops or on board the aircraft are exempted from this, but the items must be packed in a different sealed tamper-evident plastic bag with the receipt attached, the official added.

Kamaruddin said that the new rule followed recommendations by the International Civil Aviation Organization that was issued to all Contracting States on Dec. 11 last year after the reported terrorist plot on Aug. 9 last year in Britain.

Source: Xinhua