Depot riot: 165 out of 528 escapees still on the loose, says DG


KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 363 out of 528 undocumented migrants, who escaped from the temporary Immigration depot in Sungai Bakap, Penang, have been rearrested.

Immigration director-general Datuk Seri Khairul Dzaimee Daud said the detainees had earlier escaped the depot at about 4.30am on Wednesday (April 20).

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