KOTA KINABALU: Deportation of illegal immigrants, rounded up after the launch of the fourth phase of Ops Nyah II Bersepadu last Thursday, began yesterday with the first batch of 249 Filipinos sent back.
Federal Special Task Force deputy director (enforcement) Asst Comm Sidin Karim said that the deportees, comprising 127 men, 66 women and 56 children, were put on a ferry bound for Zamboanga City from Sandakan.
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