BANDAR BAHARU: Two male detainees who masterminded the breakout by 528 Rohingya inmates at the Sungai Bakap Immigration Detention Depot on Wednesday were recaptured yesterday, police said.
Kedah police chief CP Wan Hassan Wan Ahmad said the arrested masterminds are a 34-year-old detainee who was moved there from the Immigration Detention Depot in Semenyih, Selangor three years ago and a 30-year-old man.
Police are looking for two more masterminds of the breakout, and he identified them as Muhammad Salim Nur Amin, 21, and Mohd Yunus, 44.
"We have identified these four individuals as the masterminds, and we are continuing with investigations to track down the remaining escapees," he told a press conference after checking out the situation in Bukit Thorn here today.
Earlier, five Rohingya escapees hiding in Bukit Thorn were nabbed by the General Operations Force (GOF).
Wan Hassan said preliminary investigations showed that the breakout was linked to claims that the inmates had been held there for too long and also overcrowding at the depot.
He said search operations involving 287 personnel from the Kedah, Penang and Perak police contingents and police air wing, Canine Unit (K9) and GOF would continue until all the remaining escapees have been recaptured.
As at 5 pm today, 88 escapees comprising 71 men, nine women, one boy and seven girls are still at large.
"Today is the third day of our operations, and we believe they will start coming out of hiding due to hunger and this will make it easy for us to nab them.
"The public are advised not to harbour them for it is an offence to do so under Section 56(1)(d) of the Immigration Act 1959/63 and Section 216 of the Penal Code," he said.
In the early Wednesday incident, the detainees fled the depot but six of them were killed after being hit by a car while crossing a nearby highway.
-- BERNAMA
Bernama
Fri Apr 22 2022
Two male detainees who masterminded the breakout by 528 Rohingya inmates at the Sungai Bakap Immigration Detention Depot on Wednesday were recaptured yesterday, Kedah police chief CP Wan Hassan Wan Ahmad said. - Astro AWANI
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