Escaped detainees hungry and searching for food, 10 recaptured so far

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Ten illegal immigrants who escaped from the Bidor Immigration depot on Thursday (Feb 1) night have been recaptured so far.  Immigration director-general Datuk Ruslin Juson said the operation to track down the remaining 120 escapees would continue until all have been apprehended.  Read more at https://shorturl.at/cpz47  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00 Ten illegal immigrants who escaped from the Bedor Immigration Depot on Thursday night

00:06 have been recaptured so far.

00:08 Immigration Director General Datuk Ruslan Jusin said the operation to track down the

00:12 remaining 120 escapees would continue until all have been apprehended.

00:18 He said on Friday two individuals were detained at the Batu Melintang mosque who asked for

00:22 some water from congregants.

00:25 The locals informed the police and they were recaptured.

00:28 Another arrest was made in the Sementa Orang Asli village.

00:31 He said the escapees have started coming out to find food.

00:35 Ruslan said that there was positive progress in the operation to recapture the escapees,

00:40 in cooperation with the police, General Operations Force, Air Operations Force, Criminal Investigation

00:46 Department and the People's Volunteer Corps.

00:49 He said the search is focusing on foreign national settlements, mosques, vacant houses,

00:54 surau and Orang Asli villages around Tapa.

00:58 He has also ordered immigration across the country to conduct large-scale operations

01:03 as the target and radius of the search have been expanded.

01:07 For more information visit www.fema.gov

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