KOTA KINABALU: The Sabah government spends RM13mil a year to deport illegal immigrants to their homeland.
This, however, is only the average cost to cover the arrest process as well as food and drinks for the immigrants’ stay at the temporary detention centres before their deportation, said National Security Council state secretary Rodzi Md Saad.
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