Immigration Dept: 29 foreigners deported last year for abusing student visas


  • Nation
  • Wednesday, 08 Feb 2017

CYBERJAYA: The Immigration Department deported 29 foreigners from the country last year for abusing their student visas.

Its deputy director-general Datuk Ibrahim Abdullah said in total, 674 foreign students, predominantly from Bangladesh, China and Nigeria, had been arrested for various offences.

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