494 illegals deported to Indonesia


Some 400 illegal Indonesian immigrants waiting to be flown home at the Subang Royal Malaysian Air Force base.

SUBANG JAYA: The Immigration Department has deported 494 illegal Indonesian immigrants, who were flown home from the Subang Royal Malaysian Air Force base in five Indonesian C-130 Hercules planes Tuesday.

Authorities were expected to send another 209 illegal immigrants home Wednesday as part of a deal brokered by Home Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi and Indonesia’s Manpower Minister Muhammad Hanif Dhakiri.

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