Hunger strike before riot at camp?


Telltale signs: Norliza showing her shoe rack from where the three pairs of shoes went missing. The shoes are believed to have been taken by the refugees who escaped after the riot incidents in Bandar Baharu, Kedah. — ZHAFARAN NASIB/The Star

BANDAR BAHARU: The riot that took place at the Sri Impian Immigration depot in Relau here was not something that erupted overnight.

Instead, there had been unrest days before the riot took place, with many detainees going on a hunger strike, villagers claim.

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