Immigrants escape detention

Immigrants escape detention

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters): Thirty-one illegal immigrants escaped from a Malaysian detention center early on Saturday after knocking out a policeman on guard duty, the national Bernama news agency reported.

Seremban Police Chief Abdul Khalid Abu Hasan said the 21 Bangladeshis and 10 Indonesians escaped from the detention center in the southern state of Negeri Sembilan at around 3:45 a.m. on Saturday.

Three Bangladeshis were apprehended soon after a search was launched in the surrounding areas. The search was continuing for the other escapees, who are aged in their 30s and 40s, the agency reported.

Malaysian immigration officials have intensified moves against illegal immigrants in the wake of the country's economic recovery.