Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation Khairy Jamaluddin during a visit to vaccination centre at the Malaysia International Trade and Exhibition Centre in Kuala Lumpur May 30, 2021.
“So notwithstanding the announcement yesterday, I will be discussing with the home minister on what the government should give priority, which is public health right now,” he said. had yesterday reported Hamzah as saying that the Immigration Department would be conducting operations to detain undocumented migrants during the two-week lockdown.
“It’s true that last time our prisons had reached beyond their capacity. But now we’re ready. We have satellite prisons and detention centres prepared.“If still there are people who are stubborn, I mean foreigners, we will detain them,” he was quoted saying. He added that the Covid-19 task force will work with the Home Ministry to contact foreign embassies, international organisations, civil society and non-governmental organisations to help inform the migrant community of this leeway.
Talking bout priorities...