Immigration officers involved in standoff with 100 thugs


Abu Bakar Sidek checking the identities of one of the GRO's detained.

MALACCA: About 30 immigration officers were holed up for two hours at an entertainment outlet in Melaka Raya on Wednesday after they were surrounded by about 100 thugs.

They eventually managed to take 35 foreigners, including 34 women, with them out of the three-storey building under tight police cordon at about 7pm, said Malacca Immigration Department acting director Abu Bakar Sidek Hassan.

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