Bidor breakout: Two more nabbed, 73 escapees still at large, say cops


TAPAH: Two more undocumented migrants who escaped from the Bidor Immigration Depot were captured while walking in the Felda Sungai Klah oil palm plantation in Sungkai here this afternoon, making a total of 56 escapees re-arrested as of 2pm on Monday (Feb 5).

Perak police chief Comm Mohd Yusri Hassan Basri told Bernama that the two Rohingya male detainees, aged 18 and 23, were detained by the Sungkai task force and police patrols.

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