LAHAD DATU: The Sabah Immigration Department has repatriated 285 Filipinos via Lahad Datu ICQS to Bongao Harbour, Tawi-Tawi, Philippines. The repatriation programme on Friday involved 129 men, 71 women, 40 boys and 45 girls, aged between four months and 63. The children were accompanied by their parents or guardians.
Sabah Immigration Director Datuk SH Sitti Saleha Habib Yusoff said all individuals involved in the programme were from the Kota Kinabalu and Papar Immigration Depots.
Sitti SalehaOn October 20, two China male nationals were repatriated via Kota Kinabalu International Airport (KKIA) to Guangzhou, China.
She said up to 6,417 foreigners, including 4,288 Filipinos, 1,789 Indonesian, 137 Pakistani, 141 China-national, 29 Vietnamese also 33 others have been repatriated to their countries of origin under the programme to date.
All had completed legal procedures in Malaysia and possessed verified travel documents, she added.
In the meantime, Immigration Department urged all parties to be more alert on their community surroundings and to not shelter or protect illegal immigrants and convey any information to the department.
It also called on the public to convey information on illegals via the department’s official channel, the Sistem Pengurusan Aduan Awam (SISPAA) portal: https://spab.gov.my or Sistem Pertanyaan Online (SPO): Lim https://eapp.imi.gov.my.
