Videos to scare illegals<\/p>\n
SINGAPORE (DPA): Passengers aboard ferries between Indonesia
\nand Singapore are being treated to video clips showing illegal
\nimmigrants being arrested and handcuffed by Singapore
\nauthorities, reports said Friday.<\/p>\n
The videos, aimed at scaring illegal immigrants away, also
\nshow Singapore officers raiding construction sites and
\napartments, and combing the jungle for illicit foreign workers.<\/p>\n
\"They are strict with (illegal) immigrants here. I have to
\ntell my friends back home,\" the Straits Times quoted Indonesian
\naccountant Hidyat Achmad, 48, as saying after seeing one of the
\nclips.<\/p>\n
The 20-minute videos have been shown for the past few weeks on
\nboard ferries which run between Singapore and the nearby
\nIndonesian islands of Batam and Bintan.<\/p>\n
They are also screened on monitors at Singapore's World Trade
\nCentre and Tanah Merah ferry terminals.<\/p>\n
The videos have proved effective in deterring illegal
\nimmigrants, Singapore's Home Affairs Minister Wong Kan Seng said
\nin parliament earlier this week. Singapore police arrested 77
\nillegal immigrants from Indonesia last month, compared to 258 in
\nApril.<\/p>",
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