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Hunt continues for Sg Bakap escapees: Kedah CID chief

Datuk G. Suresh Kumar says no rearrests in last few days, hopes to find 61 remaining detainees soon

Updated 4 years ago · Published on 05 May 2022 6:48PM

Hunt continues for Sg Bakap escapees: Kedah CID chief
Kedah CID chief Datuk G. Suresh Kumar says police are increasing their efforts to locate the 61 remaining Sg Bakap immigration detention depot escapees. – Bernama pic, May 5, 2022

by Arulldas Sinnappan

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

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