GEORGE TOWN – Police are intensifying their hunt for the remaining 61 Rohingya detainees who escaped from the Sg Bakap immigration detention depot near Bandar Baharu on April 20.
Kedah Criminal Investigations Department (CID) chief Datuk G. Suresh Kumar said they are hoping to nab the escapees soon.
“There was no arrest in the last several days, however, we hope the remaining escapees will eventually end up in the arms of the law,” he said when asked to comment on the progress made in the search for the escapees.
On April 20, 528 Rohingya detainees fled the Sg Bakap immigration detention depot, and six of them died after they were hit by a car while crossing the North-South Expressway at KM165 southbound .
Kedah police chief Wan Hassan Wan Ahmad had earlier said on April 29 police were preparing the names and photos of all the remaining detainees before distributing and releasing them through the mass media. – The Vibes, May 5, 2022
