ALOR SETAR: The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) thwarted an attempt by four local men to smuggle in 119 Rohingya migrants into the country by hiding them in the hold of a fishing boat in Sungai Kedah last Tuesday (May 24).
Kedah police chief CP Wan Hassan Wan Ahmad said a MMEA team on patrol in the area intercepted the boat at about 9.20pm and following inspection, found the migrants in the fish compartment.
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