More than 300 Chinese nationals have used Malaysia as a transit point on their way to join Daesh group, Malaysian Interior Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi revealed on Wednesday according to state news agency Bernama.
From Malaysia, the extremists moved to a third country before entering Syria and Iraq, he added.
He told reporters this was disclosed to him by China's Vice-Minister of Public Security Meng Hongwei at their meeting at his office on Wednesday.