A PKR leader wants the authorities to not only deport illegal immigrants from Malaysia, but to ensure as well that they do not return.

PKR treasurer-general Tan Yee Kew said this in response to Immigration Department director-general Mustafar Ali, who was reported as saying that more than 23,000 illegal immigrants had been deported between January and May this year for various criminal offences.

Indonesia topped the list of illegal immigrants deported, with 6,849 people, followed by Bangladesh with 4,220 people...