BANDAR BAHARU, April 21 — A man who attempted to help capture Rohingya refugees who escaped from the Sungai Bakap Immigration Detention Depot near here yesterday was injured on the leg after a Rohingya refugee kicked him off his motorcycle.

BANDAR BAHARU, April 21 — Police have identified the main culprit suspected of inciting the riot that triggered the breakout involving hundreds of Rohingyas at the Sungai Bakap Immigration Depot yesterday.

ALOR SETAR, April 21 — A total of 448 Rohingya detainees at the Sungai Bakap Immigration Detention Depot, near Bandar Baharu, have been transferred to four depots in Selangor, Perak and Melaka following the dawn breakout incident which happened yesterday.

ALOR SETAR, April 21 — The Immigration Services Union of Peninsular Malaysia (KPISM) wants the Home Ministry (KDN) to immediately channel allocations to improve facilities at immigration detention depots nationwide.

PUTRAJAYA, April 20 — The warning system at the Immigration Detention Depots in Bidor, Perak and Beranang, Selangor have been activated to ensure the incident at Sungai Bakap Immigration Detention Depot did not recur.

KUALA LUMPUR, April 20 — A massive manhunt is underway for 171 Rohingyas of a group of 528 of these foreign detainees who escaped from an immigration detention depot in Kedah early today.

GEORGE TOWN, April 20 — An investigation into the breakout of 528 Rohingya detainees at the Sungai Bakap Immigration Detention Depot in Kedah will be conducted by Kedah police.

NIBONG TEBAL, April 20 — Kampung Sungai Kechil villagers near here immediately called the police after chancing upon hundreds of Rohingyans passing through their area early today just before they encroached into the North-South Expressway (PLUS) via a pathway next to a pedestrian bridge.

ALOR SETAR, April 20 — The Kedah Police have launched operations dubbed Op Kesan to track down the remaining 171 Rohingya detainees who are still on the loose after escaping from the Sungai Bakap Immigration Detention Depot near Bandar Baharu at about 4.30 am today.

NIBONG TEBAL, April 20 — Six of the 528 Rohingya detainees who escaped from the Sungai Bakap Immigration Detention Depot died on the spot after being hit by vehicles while crossing the southbound North-South Expressway near Jawi early today.

KUALA LUMPUR, April 20 — A total of 528 Rohingya detainees escaped from the temporary Immigration Detention Depot in Sungai Bakap, Penang at 4.30am today.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 13 — The Consultative Council of Islamic Organisations of Malaysia (Mapim) is ready to cooperate with the Foreign Ministry (Wisma Putra) in providing learning opportunities for Rohingya refugee children in this country.

JOHOR BAHRU, Dec 29 — The Rohingya man, also known as ‘Long Tiger’, who escaped from a court lock-up in Johor recently, was believed to be planning to flee to a neighbouring country, said Johor police chief Datuk Ayob Khan Mydin Pitchay.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 3 — Malaysia's cooperation with Asean member countries in resolving the Rohingya issue and measures taken by the government to reduce the country's financial leakage and waste are among topics expected to be the focus of the Dewan Rakyat today.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 15 — The repatriation programme for Myanmar nationals to return to their country of origin on February 23 does not involve United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) cardholders or people of Rohingya ethnicity.

DHAKA, Jan 29 — Bangladesh on Friday moved 1,778 more Rohingya refugees to a remote island in the country’s south in the third phase of its relocation drive, Anadolu Agency reported.

Oct 24 — International donors pledged nearly US$600 million (RM2.5billion) to support displaced Rohingya on Thursday, succeeding in bridging a huge gap in funding for hundreds of thousands of refugees.

KLANG, Sept 3 — Police have launched a hunt for a Rohingya woman believed to have masterminded the ‘Jahan Gang’ which was linked to a series of robberies and burglaries.

LANGKAWI, June 29 — Cramped into big boats, hundreds of illegal immigrants willingly risk their lives as they brave the seas to arrive uninvited on Malaysian soil, using their deplorable conditions to gain the sympathy of the authorities here.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 26 — Malaysia called on the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to work closely with Asean to expedite the resettlement process of UNHCR Cardholders to third countries as the spillover effects of the Rakhine State crisis continues to impact the region.