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Immigration director-general Datuk Seri Khairul Dzaimee Daud clarified that investigations found the travellers did not go to the Immigration counter directly and were loitering in the arrival area for almost three hours while some were hiding in the toilets which raised the suspicions of the enforcement. - BERNAMA

Immigration Department director-general Datuk Seri Khairul Dzaimee Daud - Photo: BERNAMA

A total of 18 Indonesian detainees died at the Immigration Detention Center in Sabah in 2021, and seven others from January to June 2022. Illustration photo.

The Immigration Department was in the midst of gathering officers from several states to join the team in the Klang Valley, says Khairul Dzaimee. Photo: 123rf

"The supply of passports is sufficient, we have more than 1.2 million (passports) in the store" - Immigration director-general Datuk Seri Khairul Dzaimee Daud. Photo: BERNAMA

The six states whose operating hours extended til 10 pm are Putrajaya, Kuala Lumpur, Selangor, Johor, Negeri Sembilan and Melaka

Some Rohingya refugees who were detained by the Immigration Department during an operation at the Selayang Wholesale Market. - Photo: BERNAMA

Immigration DG Datuk Seri Khairul Dzaimee Daud says total detention capacity at all 21 immigration depots was 21,150 as compared to 17,000 detained now.

The immigration department steps up surveillance at two temporary detention depots in Beranang, Selangor and Bidor, Perak for refugees.

Batu Kawan MP Kasthuri Patto was caught in jam when she saw several Rohingya detainees crawling along the dividers