Immigration depot breakouts since 1999

KUALA LUMPUR, April 20  (Bernama) -- Following are incidents of immigration depot breakouts in the country since 1999.

• July 26,1999 - 192 Bangladeshi, Pakistani, Indian and Indonesia escape from Lenggeng Immigration Depot in Negeri Sembilan. Nine recaptured. 

• Feb 1,2002 - 153 Africans flee while being brought to immigration detention centre in Kemayan, Pahang, 138 of them recaptured.

• April 6, 2011 - 109 detainees, the majority of them Myanmars breakout from Lenggeng Immigration Depot, Negeri Sembilan. Police succeed in recapturing 55.

• Feb 28, 2019 - Indonesian man flees from Machap Umboo Immigration Depot, Melaka.

• Oct 17, 2020 - Five detainees escape from Pekan Nanas Immigration Depot, Johor.

• Jan 2, 2021 - Seven Indonesians held at Lenggeng Immigration Depot, Negeri Sembilan escape. Three rearrested.

• May 14, 2021 - Six Filipinos flee from Manggatal Immigration Depot in Sabah. Four recaptured. 

• June 27, 2021 - Eight Thai men held at Tanah Merah Immigration Depot in Kelantan escape from their cells.

• Nov 10, 2021 - 14 Filipinos escape from Kimanis Immigration Depot in Sabah. Seven rearrested. 

• April 20, 2022 - 528 Rohingnya detainees breakout from Sungai Bakap Immigration Depot, Kedah 

* As of 4 pm, police have recaptured 357 and are tracking down the remaining escapees. 

The 4.30 am incident also claimed the lives of six of the escapees after they were involved in a road mishap at KM 168 of the North-South Expressway (southbound) near Jawi while fleeing..

-- BERNAMA