BANDAR BAHARU: A total of 459 of the 528 Rohingya inmates who escaped from the Relau temporary Immigration detention depot in Sungai Bakap here last Wednesday (April 20) have been returned to custody.

       Kedah police chief Comm Wan Hassan Wan Ahmad said they comprised 236 men, 91 women, 68 boys and 64 girls.

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       "There are 69 (escapees) still at large and the manhunt is ongoing.

       "Those still missing are 58 men, six women, a boy and four girls.

       "There are currently three men detained at the depot (as at 6am on Monday, April 25)," Comm Wan Hassan said in an update.

       On Wednesday, a protest at around 5am at the depot by Rohingya detainees quickly turned into a riot.

       During the escape, six detainees, including two children, were killed on the southbound side of the North-South Expressway while trying to cross the highway near Jawi.

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       By midnight on Thursday (April 21), a total of 448 detainees had been transferred to four separate Immigration depots: Langkap in Perak, Machap Umboo in Melaka, and Semenyih and Bukit Jalil in Selangor.

       Villagers have been warned not to harbour escapees. Those found doing so could face prosecution under Section 56 of the Immigration Act 1959/1963 and Section 216 of the Penal Code.