PARIT BUNTAR: A total of 143 undocumented immigrants, mostly from Myanmar, have been arrested in Kuala Kurau waters near here after their boat became stranded on the Kalumpang sand dune.
Perak police chief Datuk Mior Faridalathrash Wahid (pic) said 87 people were arrested in the boat about six nautical miles (11.1km) off the coast on Saturday (April 30) while the rest were nabbed after swimming ashore while trying to escape.
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