Depot riot: 80 Rohingya detainees still at large


General Operations Force personnel conducting a manhunt for the Rohingya escapees.

ALOR SETAR: Operations to track down 80 Rohingya detainees at Sri Impian Immigration depot in Relau in Bandar Baharu, Kedah, is still ongoing.

Kedah police chief Comm Wan Hassan Wan Ahmad said so far they have caught 448 of 528 detainees who escaped after a riot at the depot.

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