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.