Eight Thais flee Immigration detention depot in Kelantan


TANAH MERAH (Bernama): Eight Thai men escaped from the Tanah Merah Immigration Detention Centre here on Sunday (June 27) after apparently cutting through the perimeter fence.

Tanah Merah district police chief DSP Zainuddin Md Yusuf said Immigration officers at the depot only realised the detainees had fled upon checking their cell at about 5.40am.

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