The Immigration Department relocated 517 Rohingya detainees from the Wawasan Negara camp in Langkawi, Kedah to immigration depots in Sungai Bakap, Penang and Bidor, Perak today.
Its director-general, Khairul Dzaimee Daud, said the detainees – who are in their 20s and 40s – had been in the camp since April 2020.
“The reason for the transfer is to save cost and logistics...