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        "id": 1390643,
        "msgid": "asean-ties-to-remain-strong-1447893297",
        "date": "1998-03-04 00:00:00",
        "title": "ASEAN ties to remain strong",
        "author": null,
        "source": "AP",
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        "topic": null,
        "summary": "ASEAN ties to remain strong KUALA LUMPUR (AP): Malaysia's prime minister said the mass repatriation of illegal immigrants would not affect the spirit of solidarity in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. As the region's economic woes intensify, throngs of illegal immigrants have entered Malaysia in recent weeks, causing the country to step up border controls. Most immigrants have entered from Indonesia, where unemployment rates have multiplied dramatically.",
        "content": "<p>ASEAN ties to remain strong<\/p>\n<p>KUALA LUMPUR (AP): Malaysia&apos;s prime minister said the mass<br>\nrepatriation of illegal immigrants would not affect the spirit of<br>\nsolidarity in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.<\/p>\n<p>As the region&apos;s economic woes intensify, throngs of illegal<br>\nimmigrants have entered Malaysia in recent weeks, causing the<br>\ncountry to step up border controls. Most immigrants have entered<br>\nfrom Indonesia, where unemployment rates have multiplied<br>\ndramatically.<\/p>\n<p>Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said leaders of<br>\nASEAN agreed that each of the nine member countries had the right<br>\nto deport those who enter one another&apos;s countries illegally, the<br>\nNew Straits Times newspaper reported yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>More than half of Malaysia&apos;s 1.7 million foreign workers,<br>\nmainly in the construction and plantation sectors, are believed<br>\nto be illegal aliens. Authorities have cracked down by stepping<br>\nup deportations, but despite this the number of suspected illegal<br>\nimmigrants has increased sharply recently.<\/p>",
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