Depot riot: Manhunt still on for remaining 69 escapees


BANDAR BAHARU: A total of 459 of the 528 Rohingya inmates who escaped from the Relau temporary Immigration detention depot in Sungai Bakap here last Wednesday (April 20) have been returned to custody.

Kedah police chief Comm Wan Hassan Wan Ahmad said they comprised 236 men, 91 women, 68 boys and 64 girls.

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