Exco: Penang can't cope with refugees

comments     Susan Loone     Published     Updated

Detention camps run by the federal government are better equipped for sheltering boat people from Myanmar and Bangladesh, Penang executive councillor Phee Boon Poh says.

Phee said Penang is land-scarce, while hospitals and welfare facilities are at saturation point these days.

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