Depot riot: Kedah police to investigate cause of Rohingya breakout


GEORGE TOWN: An investigation into the breakout of 528 Rohingya detainees at the Sungai Bakap Immigration Detention Depot in Kedah will be conducted by Kedah police.

Penang Police chief Datuk Mohd Shuhaily Mohd Zain said the depot was located in Kedah and, as such, was under the state's jurisdiction to investigate.

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