More than 500 Rohingya detainees break out from detention centre in Malaysia, manhunt under way
Over 500 Rohingya detainees have fled a temporary detention centre in northen Malaysia on Apr 20, 2022. (Photo: Royal Malaysia Police via Bernama)
Vincent Tan
20 Apr 2022 12:07PM (Updated: 20 Apr 2022 01:23PM)
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KUALA LUMPUR: More than 500 Rohingya illegal immigrants have escaped from an immigration detention centre in Malaysia on Wednesday (Apr 20) morning, according to authorities.
Malaysian Immigration Department director-general Khairul Dzaimee Daud said in a statement that the breakout involved 528 detainees at the Immigration Department’s Sungai Bakap temporary detention facility in Penang.