JOHOR BARU: The Immigration Department detained 116 Indian and Sri Lankan citizens at a luxury condominium in Jalan Abdul Samad here who are believed to have been using the place as a transit point before they headed off to Indonesia and then on to Australia.
Johor Immigration deputy assistant director Muhammad Ali Abdullah said the persons aged between seven months and 50 years were detained at about 1pm after the Immigration Department received information from the police.
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