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Malaysian police report disappointing result in illegals roundup
Malaysia's crackdown against illegal immigrants has not achieved as much as the police hoped, they say they are disappointed with the results of the crackdown in Sabah state on Borneo island.
Police say the operation, targetted at three rural districts, led to the detention of 283 illegal workers and the demolition of 625 houses -- way below the target of 10,000 migrants because may of them went into hiding.
The police spokesman said those arrested, mainly Indonesian and Filipino workers, were kept at detention centres in the state and would be deported at the end of the operation.
The crackdown is the second phase of a similar action in February in Sabah's coastal areas where thousands of Filipino workers were deported in the state's biggest ever offensive.
Malaysia is home to about one million illegal immigrants and some 750,000 legal foreign workers, mainly from Indonesia.
20/05/2002 22:30:42 | ABC Radio Australia News
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