140 North Koreans without papers held in Sarawak

KUCHING: The Sarawak Immi­­gration Department is rounding up 140 North Koreans in Sarawak whose work permits have expired, said Chief Minister Datuk Amar Abang Johari Tun Openg.

The state government, he said, was waiting for instructions from Putrajaya on whether they would be deported in view of the diplomatic stand-off between Malaysia and North Korea, with both countries having banned each other's citizens from leaving.