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Malaysian police intensify patrols in mangrove areas to curb migrant smuggling

Sunday, 05 Jul 2020 05:21 PM MYT

KUALA LUMPUR, July 5 — Police have increased patrols and surveillance in mangrove areas across the country to curb the smuggling of undocumented migrants. “Their location is always being changed, because they do not want to be detected by the authorities, but the police are constantly monitoring this activity,” he said when contacted by Bernama.

Last Friday, 84 undocumented migrants were nabbed at a mangrove swamp at Tambak Jawa, Selangor, while waiting for a boat to take them across the country’s border.

 

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