PUTRAJAYA, Feb 2 — The Immigration Department is redistributing the 2,675 Rohingya detainees held at 12 depots throughout the country to prevent them from breaking out of these centres.
Immigration director-general Datuk Ruslin Jusoh said the number of Rohingya detainees in a particular block would be reduced and they would also be mixed with detainees from countries like Indonesia and Bangladesh.
He said this was among the preliminary measures and immediate standard operating procedure implemented in the wake of last night’s incident where 131 illegal immigrants escaped from the men’s block of the Temporary Immigration Depot in Bidor.
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“This is to reduce the chances of their (Rohingya detainees) acting aggressively. When gathered together in large numbers, they tend to act aggressively,” he told a news conference here today.
One of the escapees was subsequently killed in a road accident on the North-South Highway.
According to Ruslin, the escapees comprised 115 Rohingya and 15 Myanmar detainees and one Bangladeshi. — Bernama
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