Police can detain illegal immigrants, Masir corrects himself

comments     Kow Gah Chie     Published     Updated

PARLIAMENT Deputy Home Minister Masir Kujat today corrected his earlier statement that the police was only allowed to detain illegal immigrants during joint operation with the Immigration Department.

The police have the power on their own to detain and arrest illegal immigrants, he told Dewan Rakyat.

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