Article: Alert over alarming increase in landings of illegal immigrants,NEW STRAITS TIMES

A. Hafiz Yatim
New Straits Times
02-27-1998
KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. - An alarming increase in the number of illegal
immigrants entering the country over the past two weeks has prompted
the police to urge villagers in the west coast to be more vigilant
and alert the authorities of any illegal landings.

The police concern stems from a marked increase of 3,026 illegal
immigrants landing along the coastal areas of Selangor, Negri
Sembilan, Malacca and Johor between Feb 12 and 24, as compared with
8,833 arrests for the whole of last year.

While there were 659 landings of illegal immigrants in the four States
last year, police have recorded 254 such incidents since Feb 12 this
year.

The ...

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