The stolen passports issue in case of MH 370 has me thinking.

I have transited KLIA recently on two occasions and the passport control process is:

1. I provide passport
2. Officer scans passport and checks for last departure/entry on computer
3. Asks me to put my fingers on scanner and nods when done
3. Looks through passport pages to find that stamp for last exit/entry
(Stops looking when they find date... which leads me to believe they already see the date on the computer screen and are only trying to locate that particular entry)
4. Stamp the passport as close to the last stamp as possible (always near entry stamp for exit, but sometimes the nearest empty page adjacent to last exit stamp) and allow me to proceed

If an EU citizen is travelling, they are allowed 90 days visa free. So they should have entered in the last 90 days (and finger scan routine will have a base to compare).

Sceanarios:

If stolen passport was also used to enter Malaysia, and finger prints at entry and exit don't match, that is a flag.

If no entry shown in 90 days, a visa free stay violation will result in a flag.

If entry and exit are within 90 days, and finger scans at entry and exit match, there is no flag at departure, but now, post incident, there is something to compare with interpol databases and also to backtrack previous travel of that individual.

Does this make sense?

My prayers are for the passengers and crew of MH 370 and their families.