"If we can rope them all in to assist voluntarily, we will be stronger to bring down the number of illegal immigrants. "They won't have the power to arrest, but more on feeding information on the places (with illegal immigrants) and what activities are being conducted. "The issue of illegal immigrants has been around for a long time and has become a major national issue. Muhyiddin also noted a total of 22,473 illegal immigrants have been arrested nationwide during operations as of May 27. "Illegal immigrants from Indonesia tops among those arrested at 16,098 people, followed by Bangladeshi (10,039) and Filipino (4,669)," he said, adding that 28,853 illegal immigrants have been deported this year.

Source: The Star May 29, 2019 00:22 UTC