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Police arrest 35 illegal immigrants, two local men in Manjung

01 Jul 2023 10:42pm
Image for illustrative purposes only – FILE PIX
Image for illustrative purposes only – FILE PIX

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

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