KUALA LUMPUR: A total 139 illegal immigrants were detained while trying to leave the country in three separate incidents.
In Ipoh, an attempt by 51 illegal immigrants from Indonesia to flee the country failed when the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) found them stranded on a faulty boat about 6.2 nautical miles west of Pangkor Island.
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