Depot riot: Break-out masterminds recaptured


BANDAR BAHARU: Two male detainees, believed to be among the masterminds behind the break-out by 528 Rohingya inmates at the Sungai Bakap Immigration Detention Depot on Wednesday (April 20), were recaptured on Thursday (April 21), says Comm Wan Hassan Wan Ahmad (pic).

The Kedah police chief said the arrested masterminds were a 34-year-old detainee who was moved there from the Immigration Detention Depot in Semenyih, Selangor, three years ago and a 30-year-old man.

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