KUALA LUMPUR: The authorities on Saturday began transferring almost 1,000 Bangladeshi and Indonesian illegal immigrants held at the Semenyih Immigration detention depot to depots elsewhere in the country following a riot there by Myanmar illegal immigrants on Wednesday so as to facilitate repairs.
Selangor Immigration director Johari Yusof said 182 of the immigrants were transferred Saturday to the temporary detention depot at the KL International Airport (KLIA) for repatriation to their countries.
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