61 Rohingya fugitives still at large, Dewan Rakyat told


KUALA LUMPUR: Some 61 Rohingya detainees who escaped from the Sungai Bakap Immigration Detention Depot in Kedah in April last year are still at large, the Dewan Rakyat was told.

Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail said efforts by the authorities to track down the 61 are ongoing.

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