Two detained for harboring illegals

Two detained for harboring illegals

MALACCA, Malaysia (AFP): Malaysian police have detained
another two people, including a policeman, under the powerful
Internal Security Act for allegedly harboring Indonesian illegal
immigrants.

The two, a 44-year-old police personnel and a 48-year-old
Indonesian with permanent resident status, were detained
Wednesday afternoon and early yesterday respectively.

Farid Mahmud, state internal security and public order chief
said 17 Indonesian illegal immigrants, aged between 16 and 45,
who landed in Kuala Sungai Baru near here were detained early
Wednesday.

Another 16 Indonesian illegal immigrants, two Bangladeshis and
an Indian without documents were detained in separate operations
Wednesday, he said.