00:01The 113 refugees brought to the Kuala Lumpur Contingent Police Headquarters on Tuesday have
00:08been released and relocated to locations across Kuala Lumpur, Selangor and Penang.
00:13Kuala Lumpur Police Chief Commissioner Datuk Fadil Marsus said on Wednesday that the group
00:19was released after undergoing final verification checks.
00:22He said most of the refugees travelled to their destinations using e-hailing services,
00:27while the locations were chosen based on where their relatives and acquaintances were living.
00:33A total of 66 refugees remained in Kuala Lumpur, while 29 were relocated to Selangor and 18 to Penang.
00:41The group had gathered outside the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, or UNHCR,
00:49office along Jalan Bukit Petaling on Monday after being displaced from their settlement in Penang.
00:54The Kuala Lumpur Federal Territory Immigration Department said a total of 110 Rohingya refugees
01:01had assembled outside the UNHCR office, prompting a joint enforcement operation with the Kuala Lumpur Police Contingent.
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