91 escaped detainees recaptured

IPOH: 91 illegal immigrants who fled from the Bidor temporary immigration depot last Thursday have been recaptured, says Perak police chief Datuk Seri Mohd Yusri Hassan Basri.

He said of the total, 66 were detained by the police and 25 by the Immigration Department, while 38 people were still on the loose as of yesterday.

He also said the police and Immigration’s special operations team successfully captured 26 Rohingya men early yesterday.

“The arrests were made at various locations, namely at KM326.2 of the North-South Expressway (northbound), the Tapah R&R area (southbound), workers’ quarters at the Felcra Sungai Gempel Bidor project, Kampung Orang Asli Kenoh Tapah, Post Woh Jalan Pahang Tapah and Kampung Batu Melintang Tapah,” he said in a statement, Bernama reported.

Mohd Yusri urged the public to help in locating the remaining escapees.

In the incident at 9.50pm on Feb 1, a total of 131 detainees, comprising 115 Rohingya, 15 Myanmar and one Bangladeshi, escaped from the men’s block of the depot during a riot.

However, two of them had died after being involved in road accidents after their escape.