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Detainees who escaped were refugees, held there for two years
Published:  Apr 21, 2022 1:04 PM
Updated: Jun 7, 2022 8:18 AM
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All 528 detainees who fled the Sungai Bakap immigration detention centre yesterday had been held there since 2020.

Home Minister Hamzah Zainudin said they were all refugees of Rohingya ethnicity.

However, he stressed Malaysia does not recognise...


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