Depot riot: Detainees walked barefoot for hours before arrest on highway, says witness


NIBONG TEBAL: Hundreds of Rohingya who fled the Sungai Bakap Immigration Detention Depot on Wednesday (April 20) walked barefoot for over two hours, according to witnesses.

Recounting the dramatic moment, the witness who wanted to be known as Nathan, 48, said he arrived at his oil palm plantation after being informed by his employees who lived in the plantation, and witnessed for himself that all the foreigners were heading to the North-South Expressway (PLUS) to escape from the depot.

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