A total of 448 Rohingya detainees at the Sungai Bakap Immigration Detention Depot, near Bandar Baharu, have been transferred to four depots in Selangor, Perak and Malacca following the dawn breakout incident which happened yesterday.

Kedah police chief Wan Hassan Wan Ahmad said 144 of them were sent to the Semenyih Depot, Selangor; Machap Umboo Depot in Malacca (104 detainees); Langkap Depot in Perak (100 detainees) and the remaining 100 detainees to the Bukit Jalil Depot in Selangor.

"The transfer of the 448 detainees, comprising...