KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - The Home Ministry has
gazetted another 10 facilities around the country as detention centres
to hold those nabbed in the two major operations against illegal
immigrants and crime gang members.
Home Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said that with the
total of 22 centres, there would not be any issue about shortage of
places to hold the detainees.
He said that when the authorities decided on the operations, the
capacity of the existing detention centres had been taken into
consideration.
"We will be catching more and more people and this (space for detainees) is an administrative issue.
"I can gazette more facilities, so, don't
worry, we have enough space," he said at a press conference after
attending a briefing on the religious and counseling module for Prison
Department staff and police here yesterday.
Presently, there are 12 detention centers around the country and each is capable of holding up to 1,000 people.
Immigration director-general Datuk Alias Ahmad said last week the
department had made a request to the Government to set up a temporary
detention centre for 4,000 people in Selangor following the increase in
the number of illegal immigrants detained.
The two major operations being carried out are Ops Cantas Khas which
targets criminal gangs and Ops 6P Bersepadu to flush out unwanted
foreigners in the country.
- More than 5,500 people have been arrested in Ops Cantas Khas while under the 6P operations some 5,000 illegals have been rounded up.
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