BANDA ACEH: Police on Thursday arrested three people for allegedly trying to help Rohingya immigrants, who had run away from a temporary shelter in Lhokseumawe, Aceh province, to escape to Malaysia.
Police arrested three people suspected of taking Rohingya immigrants away from the temporary shelter, chief of the Lhokseumawe city police, Adjunct Senior Commissioner Henki Ismanto, said on Thursday.
“Police arrested three people who picked up 10 Rohingya immigrants. The 10 Rohingya immigrants had earlier run away from a temporary shelter at the former immigration office in Lhokseumawe,” he informed.
The three people were arrested in Lhokseumawe while driving the Rohingya immigrants to Medan, North Sumatra.
Police also detained the 10 Rohingya immigrants, comprising 8 men and 2 women, he said.
“The three people drove the Rohingya immigrants aboard two minibuses. They were supposed to make a transit in Tanjung Balai, North Sumatra, en route to Malaysia,” he added.
At least 23 Rohingya immigrants ran away from the temporary shelter on Tuesday.
The immigrants jumped the wall fence of the temporary shelter to escape, chief of the Lhokseumawe city police, Ismanto, said in Lhokseumawe on Wednesday.
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