Concerns that smugglers and human traffickers may usher Covid-19 wave in Sarawak


Illegal Indonesians caught during a recent raid in a plantation in Miri. -Pic by security forces

MIRI: There are concerns that smugglers and human traffickers from Kalimantan in Indonesia may bring in more Covid-19 cases into Sarawak.

The State Disaster Relief Committee secretariat, in its latest update, said there are many illegal Indonesians who are freely coming in and out of Sarawak via “jalan tikus and jalan gajah” (see below) along the Kalimantan-Sarawak border.

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