Cops arrest illegal immigrant who reported armed men sighting in Sabah


KOTA KINABALU: The labourer who lodged a report claiming to have run into five armed men at the Felda Sahabat plantation estate in Lahad Datu has been arrested.

Sabah Police Commissioner Datuk Ramli Din (pic) said the 52-year-old man was arrested as he was an illegal immigrant and would be investigated under the Immigration Act.

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