Aljazeera
20 Apr 2022More than 500 escaped an immigration detention centre in the country’s north early on Wednesday, but some were killed as they tried to cross a highway.
Rohingya refugees, who escaped from a Malaysian Immigration detention
centre on Wednesday, squat on the verge after being rearrested by police
[Royal Malaysia Police via AFP]
Malaysia set up roadblocks and deployed the police, immigration and volunteer security services after more than 500 mostly Muslim Rohingya refugees fled a temporary immigration detention centre in the country’s north.