Covid-19: Security in place at MAEPS to prevent immigrants from escaping

By CLARISSA CHUNG

PETALING JAYA: Undocumented immigrants being treated for Covid-19 will be housed at the Malaysian Agro Exposition Park Serdang (MAEPS), as security systems there are in place to prevent them from running away, says the Health Ministry.

Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah (pic) said 26 illegal foreign workers who are currently warded in Sungai Buloh hospital will be transferred to MAEPS.

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