IPOH - Thirty-five illegal immigrants who hid in a palm oil plantation after they landed on the beach in Segari near here, were arrested yesterday.
Manjung District Police Chief ACP Mohamed Nordin Abdullah said the police were alerted about a boat carrying illegal immigrants being abandoned at the beach at 9.45am.
He said, acting on the tip-off, a team of policemen was dispatched to the scene to carry out further investigations.
"Upon search, the police found a group of illegal immigrants comprising 24 men, 10 women and one Indonesian child hiding in the nearby plantation.
"Preliminary investigations led to the arrest of two local men at a seafood restaurant around Kampung Bharu, Manjung,” he said in a statement today.
The two local men were remanded for 28 days while all the illegal immigrants were remanded for 14 days to assist in further investigations. - BERNAMA