KUALA LUMPUR: Of the over 200 people detained under the Security Offences (Special Measures) Act 2012, 81 were foreigners, says Deputy Home Minister Datuk Jonathan Yasin.
The foreign national detainees who had been arrested under the Act since 2015 consisted of one Singaporean, seven Columbians, one from the Philippines, two from Bangladesh, five from Thailand, 17 from Myanmar and 48 Indonesians.
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