00:00 Authorities are intensifying efforts to track down some 130 illegal immigrants who escaped
00:08 from the temporary immigration depot in Bidor on Thursday night.
00:12 The incident happened at 9.50pm, with 115 of the detainees being Rohingya and 16 others
00:19 being Myanmar nationals.
00:22 Stringent checks and roadblocks have been mounted in the surrounding areas of Thapa
00:26 and nearby Kampar and Mualim districts.
00:29 Authorities believe that the detainees had rioted and destroyed the barbed wire fencing
00:33 before escaping from the detention center.
00:36 "One man, a Rohingya detainee, who escaped from the temporary immigration depot in Bidor,
00:43 was involved in the roadblocks and the roadblocks in the north-southern part of the 335th KM
00:53 of the highway.
00:55 The search for all the detainees has been carried out and the investigation is still
01:01 ongoing."
01:02 Police urge the public to report to the nearest police station if they have any information
01:07 on the escapees.
01:09 The immigrants are aged between 17 and 35 years old.
01:12 The U.S. Department of Justice has not yet released a statement on the detainees.
01:13 The U.S. Department of Justice has not yet released a statement on the detainees.
01:13 The U.S. Department of Justice has not yet released a statement on the detainees.
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