Assess status of refugees carefully


IT is interesting to note that the Immigration Department special squad investigations led by enforcement director Zahari Abdul Aziz revealed that some of the Rohingyas and Bangladeshis rescued from drifting boats near Langkawi could speak fluent Bahasa Malaysia.

It does not need a rocket scientist to infer that these migrants have been in the country long enough for them to master the national language.

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