131 detainees escape from Bidor Immigration depot, one dies in crash


IPOH: A total of 131 Rohingya and Myanmar detainees at a temporary immigration detention centre in Bidor have escaped after a riot broke out at the centre.

Tapah OCPD Supt Mohd Naim Asnawi said on Friday (Feb 2) that the suspects included 115 Rohingya and 16 Myanmar nationals, all males.

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