Nearly 2,000 migrants from Myanmar and Bangladesh rescued in Indonesia, Malaysia

[24 Hours]

Whip every Bangladeshi that you find among them hard. Those idiots needs some lesson as our own government wont do a bit to punish these idiots. Send them back in the same boat they came with. Just give them enough food water and compass. I am sure they will find their way back home and if not perish in the open sea. I have no sympathy whatsoever.

Give shelter to the Rohingya if possible.

But, where will they go? No country exactly wants them.

 

[bongbang]

Rohingya are not originally from Myanmar,Right ?

What are you smoking? There was no Myanmar before 1989 and Burma got indepedence in 1948. And Arakan was independent kingdom till 1785 when they lost independence by Burmans. Before Chittagong and Arakan was same many times. In 1824 the British taken Arakan from Burma.. And in 1948 joined them together and the Muslim dominated northern Arakan remained in Burma. So your question has no definite meaning.

 

[TopCat]

But, where will they go? No country exactly wants them.

Give them a World Map and show the Bangladesh in it. That should do it.

I am not talking about Rohingya. They are not our responsibility. Burma is the answer.

What are you smoking? There was no Myanmar before 1989 and Burma got indepedence in 1948. And Arakan was independent kingdom till 1785 when they lost independence by Burmans. Before Chittagong and Arakan was same many times. In 1824 the British taken Arakan from the British. And in 1948 joined them together and the Muslim dominated northern Arakan remained in Burma. So your question has no definite meaning.

Brother Rohingya is a tiny minority and solvable. But look at the horde of Bangladeshis boarding the boat. Can you believe it?

 

[24 Hours]

boundary was drawn by the British they left Muslim majority northern Arakan in Burma. Similar to Muslim majority other parts of Bengle remained in India. So after creation of East Pakistan rohingyas started rebellion against Burma to add Arakan with East Pakistan. Which caused them denial of citizenship later by the Burmese.

How many Rohingya went to East Bengal? I am aware of the migration of Muslims from India but, when it comes to these people why didn't a majority migrate?

 

[bongbang]

Brother Rohingya is a tiny minority and solvable. But look at the horde of Bangladeshis boarding the boat. Can you believe it?

Lots of cross fire going on to the Human traffickers. No Bangladeshis are going for slavery. Only they are tricked by the Human traffickers to give a better job.

How many Rohingya went to East Bengal? I am aware of the migration of Muslims from India but, when it comes to these people why didn't a majority migrate?

No one wants to leave his land. Many Rohingyas migrated to BD. We just dont have enough data. We can see now for 65 years they have been migrating to KSA and Pakistan. If you go on ground will find whole Cox's Bazar is now infested with Rohingyas.

 

[macnurv]

That is words on the street, I heard of it since 10 years ago. Never heard of Malaysia Boleh?

Some social issues.
In Shah Alam market, locals moan of Bangladeshi takeover | Malaysia | Malay Mail Online

SHAH ALAM, Aug 8 — The wet market in Plaza Sri Muda here has turned into a mini Bangladeshi enclave as it has been dominated by workers from that country.

“Before this, they used to be stall assistants but now they run the stalls themselves,” said K. Gunasekaran, who drew the attention of The Malay Mail to the problem.

The 43-year-old tuition teacher claimed the situation has worsened over the past three years.

“Nowadays, you hardly see any Malaysians shopping here. Soon, the Bangladeshis are going to monopolise the area,” he said.

“After work on Sunday evenings this market becomes their meeting place. The residents are afraid to even come to this area during that time.”

Another issue which irks Gunasekaran is the fact that beef is sold and cows slaughtered openly in the market.

“Previously, the slaughtering of cows was done in an isolated area at the back of the market. That is not the case with the foreigners who do not respect the sensitivities of the Hindus here,” he said.

Sundry shop owner M. Vanisri, 25, who has been operating in the market for six years, said her business had been affected.

“We pay rental and have licences to operate here. All of a sudden, others have come and taken over the market,” she said.

Vanisri said the foreigners sold their vegetables cheaper because they grew them at their own farms.

“We cannot compete with their prices as we buy our stock from suppliers. For instance, if I sell a bunch of spinach for RM2.30, they sell it for RM2,” she said.

Businessman J. Singgam, a regular customer at the market, said many of the Bangladeshis were married to Malaysians and this made it easier for them to obtain buisness licences as they used the names of their spouses to obtain them.

A Bangladeshi trader, Mohamad Shahalam Hossen, is married to a Malay and even showed The Malay Mail his licence which appeared to be registered under his wife’s name.

“I have been operating here for the past eight years. Business has been good and my customers are Malaysians and foreigners,” claimed the 38-year-old.

However, only Bangladeshis seemed to be frequenting his sundry shop, which took up four lots at the crowded market.

A chicken seller, V. Guna, said foreigners only purchased items from traders of their own nationality.

Customer May Ng, 33, avoids shopping at the stalls manned by Bangladeshis as she feels intimidated.

“I feel safer buying groceries from Malaysians, as I will not get cheated. I noticed the Bangladeshis sell items cheaper to their own countrymen,” the housewife explained.

Traders in the old market located behind the plaza are also feeling the pinch.

Norazah Mohd Nasir, a vegetable seller, claimed foreigners find it convenient to buy from other Bangladeshis as they speak the same language.

“Sometimes, Bangladeshi customers would ask the price of vegetables at my stall, but they never buy anything,” said the 35-year-old.

A wholesaler, who wanted to be known as Segar, urged the authorities to take action against foreigners before the situation gets out of hand.

“When I first applied for a licence to operate here 15 years ago, one of the requirements was that traders had to be from Shah Alam. It’s puzzling how these foreigners can obtain licences without much hassle.”

A customer, who wished to be known as Robert, felt local employers should be blamed as they are the ones renting out the lots to foreigners.

- See more at: In Shah Alam market, locals moan of Bangladeshi takeover | Malaysia | Malay Mail Online

@Nihonjin1051 here is an article, discouraging Malay woman from marrying Bangla.
Wanita Melayu Kahwin Bangla




"Jangan mudah terpedaya dengan pujukan dan janji-janji manis lelaki asing bagi mengelakkan diri daripada diheret ke dalam gejala tidak sihat, demikian nasihat Menteri Pembangunan Wanita, Keluarga dan Masyarakat Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil kepada wanita Malaysia.Katanya wanita Malaysia perlu berfikir panjang apabila dihampiri lelaki asing yang memberi pelbagai janji dan ganjaran sebagai umpan untuk memerangkap mereka". TAWAU, 2 Nov (Bernama)
Pandangan saya :
Memang betul, lelaki dan wanita perlu berhati-hati memilih pasangan hidup. Saya percaya nasihat menteri ini iklhas untuk menjaga kepentingan orang kita supaya tidak teraniaya. Tapi tidak semestinya berkahwin dengan rakyat asing seperti Bangladesh dan Indonesia tidak bahagia. Di Kluang saja ada 2 pasangan warga Bangladesh dan 1 warga Nepal yang boleh saya jadikan contoh dalam ulasan saya. Lelaki Bangladesh pertama di Taman Intan Kluang, bekerja sebagai pembantu kedai, berkahwin secara sah. Seorang lagi lelaki Bangladesh di Jalan Yap Tau Sah Kluang sekarang menjalankan perniagaan sendiri. Lelaki Nepal, masuk Islam di Kluang sekarang bekerja sebagai buruh binaan juga bahagia.

Kalau sudah jodoh tidak ke mana. Dulu dalam tahun 1996, waktu saya mula kerja di JAIJ sebagai penguatkuasa, saya rasa marah bila jumpa wanita Melayu pilih Bangladesh. (Sekarang bila dah lama kerja, saya rasa nak kawin kawinlah, buat apa nak larang) Waktu itu rakyat Bangladesh lebih ramai berbanding sekarang, sehingga berlaku pergaduhan antara orang Melayu dan Bangla di sebuah taman di Johor Bahru yang ceritanya sangat popular.

Dalam satu kes yang saya tangkap di sebuah rumah di Taman Cempaka Johor Bahru, wanita melayu berstatus janda anak dua ditangkap dengan lelaki Bangla lebih kurang jam 12.00 malam. Mereka berjumpa dan berkenalan kerana bekerja di kilang yang sama. Selepas dihadapkan ke mahkamah, sekali lagi pasangan ini datang jumpa saya, menyatakan hasrat untuk berkahwin. Dalam hati saya, tidak adakah Melayu yang wanita ini minati, kenapa sangkut pada Bangla ?

Saya kata, di Bangladesh, belum tahu lelaki ini ada rumah atau tak, mungkin duduk bawah kolong saja. Wanita ini kata, dia tak akan duduk di Bangladesh, tetapi lelaki ini hendak mohon sebagai warganegara Malaysia. Kemudian banyak lagi saya katakan kepada wanita ini bertujuan supaya membatalkan hasrat daripada meneruskan niatnya. Bagaimanapun, dia tetap hendak kahwin, maka tak boleh halanglah. Lepas itu, saya tak jumpa lagi pasangan ini, saya percaya mereka dah berkahwin, cuma tak tahulah perkembangan mereka sekarang.

Apakah rahsia kehebatan Bangla ?

Kenapa orang kita minat Bangla yer.... Sudah tentu ada yang istimewa pada Bangla, yang orang kita tak miliki. Apa dia keistimewaan Bangla ? ......Saya boleh beri jawapannya, tapi sukar untuk ditulis di sini. Pengalaman saya sebagai penguatkuasa JAIJ sudah berdepan, menangkap, menyiasat, mendakwa dan berkawan dengan Bangla, sebab itu saya boleh jawab soalan apa keistimewaan Bangla itu. Rumah sewa saya di Johor Bahru pun dihuni orang Bangla yang bekerja di Maidin JB, lagilah saya kenal Bangla. Sebab itu kalau saya masuk Maidin JB, pekerja dia panggil saya 'bos', naik segan pula dibuatnya. Segan kalau orang lain dengar, pernah ada perempuan jeling saya sinis, mungkin dia ingat saya ni 'tekong' Bangla kot. SEKIAN.

Typical xenophobia being exhibited in Malaysia, but than again the government is a protectionist itself who like to monopolize everything so it can make all the money. Example, Proton, the most useless automaker in the world still sucks blood out of Malaysians.
This is not the first time people have started to cry that our lively hoods are under threat, every single time there is competition these traders start to cry wolf, be the Bricklane vendors selling clothes during festive season. Malaysians are so scared of competition that the moment Uber was launched, taxi drivers started to call for a ban on it because they stated that there lively hoods are under threat, just because there will be competition. Malaysian taxi drivers are the worst of the worst. That is the mindset Malaysia, free capital enterprise forget about it.

If these people have valid licenses and documents by all accounts they have all the right to do business, if not then law should take its course.

Considering their unknown origin,every Action of Myanmar is justified and commendable.

Please check if you have a grain of humanity left in you, because I doubt there is.

Sorry we stopped taking these Shameless creatures even if they came here Legally though 23 Illegal Rohinghya caught yesterday..... Now they will have to Suffer torture before getting Jail.

Now within 5 years we will make a impregnable wall in our North Eastern Border so that not even a lizard could Trespass.

But we welcome our Burmese Brother.

Sure you do.

Whip every Bangladeshi that you find among them hard. Those idiots needs some lesson as our own government wont do a bit to punish these idiots. Send them back in the same boat they came with. Just give them enough food water and compass. I am sure they will find their way back home and if not perish in the open sea. I have no sympathy whatsoever.

Give shelter to the Rohingya if possible.

I am just surprised how little of humanity we have left in this part of the world. I don't know which superior Asian culture and values Asians like to gloat about, the west still display more humanity. These are persecuted people, I do not wish any other human being to go through the misery and pain these people are going through. The junta of Burma is made up of scums.

 

[24 Hours]

No one wants to leave his land. Many Rohingyas migrated to BD. We just dont have enough data. We can see now for 65 years they have been migrating to KSA and Pakistan. If you go on ground will find whole Cox's Bazar is now infested with Rohingyas.

True, but many Muslims and Hindus left their lands during partition. So I wonder why it seems many haven't. But, as you said there is no data. I haven't visited Cox's Bazar in over 10 years. What's the situation now?

 

[TopCat]

Lots of cross fire going on to the Human traffickers. No Bangladeshis are going for slavery. Only they are tricked by the Human traffickers to give a better job.
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Wrong wrong wrong.................. Given opportunity these people will find the same route again.

I am just surprised how little of humanity we have left in this part of the world. I don't know which superior Asian culture and values Asians like to gloat about, the west still display more humanity. These are persecuted people, I do not wish any other human being to go through the misery and pain these people are going through. The junta of Burma is made up of scums.

I have every sympathy for Rohingyas and I will support any rehabilitation for them including inside Bangladesh.

But I was talking about economic migrant or should I say economic touts which are boarding the boat to bent the law from Bangladesh.

True, but many Muslims and Hindus left their lands during partition. So I wonder why it seems many haven't. But, as you said there is no data. I haven't visited Cox's Bazar in over 10 years. What's the situation now?

Partition did not intend for 100% migration. Many left in India as well as in Burma.

 

[asad71]

what are u saying.. dude..? come and just take a look.. some of them gotta attend even Gov Technological College... But just one thing..!! Most of Parents dont let their kid attend the gov school.. they just want them to go Islamist school.. sry we cant let them to learn in college without attending GOV school..

You are talking about Burmese Muslims, not Rohingyas who belong to Arakan. Even those Burmese Muslims must acquire Burmese/Buddhist name and identity to qualify for the fourth tier ID.

 

[pr1v4t33r]

 

[macnurv]

Wrong wrong wrong.................. Given opportunity these people will find the same route again.



I have every sympathy for Rohingyas and I will support any rehabilitation for them including inside Bangladesh.

But I was talking about economic migrant or should I say economic touts which are boarding the boat to bent the law from Bangladesh.



Partition did not intend for 100% migration. Many left in India as well as in Burma.

I agree with you that these people need all the help they can get. When a person decides to brave seas on a rubber dinghy boat, it means they are already very desperate.

 

[SrNair]

That is words on the street, I heard of it since 10 years ago. Never heard of Malaysia Boleh?

Some social issues.
In Shah Alam market, locals moan of Bangladeshi takeover | Malaysia | Malay Mail Online

SHAH ALAM, Aug 8 — The wet market in Plaza Sri Muda here has turned into a mini Bangladeshi enclave as it has been dominated by workers from that country.

“Before this, they used to be stall assistants but now they run the stalls themselves,” said K. Gunasekaran, who drew the attention of The Malay Mail to the problem.

The 43-year-old tuition teacher claimed the situation has worsened over the past three years.

“Nowadays, you hardly see any Malaysians shopping here. Soon, the Bangladeshis are going to monopolise the area,” he said.

“After work on Sunday evenings this market becomes their meeting place. The residents are afraid to even come to this area during that time.”

Another issue which irks Gunasekaran is the fact that beef is sold and cows slaughtered openly in the market.

“Previously, the slaughtering of cows was done in an isolated area at the back of the market. That is not the case with the foreigners who do not respect the sensitivities of the Hindus here,” he said.

Sundry shop owner M. Vanisri, 25, who has been operating in the market for six years, said her business had been affected.

“We pay rental and have licences to operate here. All of a sudden, others have come and taken over the market,” she said.

Vanisri said the foreigners sold their vegetables cheaper because they grew them at their own farms.

“We cannot compete with their prices as we buy our stock from suppliers. For instance, if I sell a bunch of spinach for RM2.30, they sell it for RM2,” she said.

Businessman J. Singgam, a regular customer at the market, said many of the Bangladeshis were married to Malaysians and this made it easier for them to obtain buisness licences as they used the names of their spouses to obtain them.

A Bangladeshi trader, Mohamad Shahalam Hossen, is married to a Malay and even showed The Malay Mail his licence which appeared to be registered under his wife’s name.

“I have been operating here for the past eight years. Business has been good and my customers are Malaysians and foreigners,” claimed the 38-year-old.

However, only Bangladeshis seemed to be frequenting his sundry shop, which took up four lots at the crowded market.

A chicken seller, V. Guna, said foreigners only purchased items from traders of their own nationality.

Customer May Ng, 33, avoids shopping at the stalls manned by Bangladeshis as she feels intimidated.

“I feel safer buying groceries from Malaysians, as I will not get cheated. I noticed the Bangladeshis sell items cheaper to their own countrymen,” the housewife explained.

Traders in the old market located behind the plaza are also feeling the pinch.

Norazah Mohd Nasir, a vegetable seller, claimed foreigners find it convenient to buy from other Bangladeshis as they speak the same language.

“Sometimes, Bangladeshi customers would ask the price of vegetables at my stall, but they never buy anything,” said the 35-year-old.

A wholesaler, who wanted to be known as Segar, urged the authorities to take action against foreigners before the situation gets out of hand.

“When I first applied for a licence to operate here 15 years ago, one of the requirements was that traders had to be from Shah Alam. It’s puzzling how these foreigners can obtain licences without much hassle.”

A customer, who wished to be known as Robert, felt local employers should be blamed as they are the ones renting out the lots to foreigners.

- See more at: In Shah Alam market, locals moan of Bangladeshi takeover | Malaysia | Malay Mail Online

@Nihonjin1051 here is an article, discouraging Malay woman from marrying Bangla.
Wanita Melayu Kahwin Bangla




"Jangan mudah terpedaya dengan pujukan dan janji-janji manis lelaki asing bagi mengelakkan diri daripada diheret ke dalam gejala tidak sihat, demikian nasihat Menteri Pembangunan Wanita, Keluarga dan Masyarakat Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil kepada wanita Malaysia.Katanya wanita Malaysia perlu berfikir panjang apabila dihampiri lelaki asing yang memberi pelbagai janji dan ganjaran sebagai umpan untuk memerangkap mereka". TAWAU, 2 Nov (Bernama)
Pandangan saya :
Memang betul, lelaki dan wanita perlu berhati-hati memilih pasangan hidup. Saya percaya nasihat menteri ini iklhas untuk menjaga kepentingan orang kita supaya tidak teraniaya. Tapi tidak semestinya berkahwin dengan rakyat asing seperti Bangladesh dan Indonesia tidak bahagia. Di Kluang saja ada 2 pasangan warga Bangladesh dan 1 warga Nepal yang boleh saya jadikan contoh dalam ulasan saya. Lelaki Bangladesh pertama di Taman Intan Kluang, bekerja sebagai pembantu kedai, berkahwin secara sah. Seorang lagi lelaki Bangladesh di Jalan Yap Tau Sah Kluang sekarang menjalankan perniagaan sendiri. Lelaki Nepal, masuk Islam di Kluang sekarang bekerja sebagai buruh binaan juga bahagia.

Kalau sudah jodoh tidak ke mana. Dulu dalam tahun 1996, waktu saya mula kerja di JAIJ sebagai penguatkuasa, saya rasa marah bila jumpa wanita Melayu pilih Bangladesh. (Sekarang bila dah lama kerja, saya rasa nak kawin kawinlah, buat apa nak larang) Waktu itu rakyat Bangladesh lebih ramai berbanding sekarang, sehingga berlaku pergaduhan antara orang Melayu dan Bangla di sebuah taman di Johor Bahru yang ceritanya sangat popular.

Dalam satu kes yang saya tangkap di sebuah rumah di Taman Cempaka Johor Bahru, wanita melayu berstatus janda anak dua ditangkap dengan lelaki Bangla lebih kurang jam 12.00 malam. Mereka berjumpa dan berkenalan kerana bekerja di kilang yang sama. Selepas dihadapkan ke mahkamah, sekali lagi pasangan ini datang jumpa saya, menyatakan hasrat untuk berkahwin. Dalam hati saya, tidak adakah Melayu yang wanita ini minati, kenapa sangkut pada Bangla ?

Saya kata, di Bangladesh, belum tahu lelaki ini ada rumah atau tak, mungkin duduk bawah kolong saja. Wanita ini kata, dia tak akan duduk di Bangladesh, tetapi lelaki ini hendak mohon sebagai warganegara Malaysia. Kemudian banyak lagi saya katakan kepada wanita ini bertujuan supaya membatalkan hasrat daripada meneruskan niatnya. Bagaimanapun, dia tetap hendak kahwin, maka tak boleh halanglah. Lepas itu, saya tak jumpa lagi pasangan ini, saya percaya mereka dah berkahwin, cuma tak tahulah perkembangan mereka sekarang.

Apakah rahsia kehebatan Bangla ?

Kenapa orang kita minat Bangla yer.... Sudah tentu ada yang istimewa pada Bangla, yang orang kita tak miliki. Apa dia keistimewaan Bangla ? ......Saya boleh beri jawapannya, tapi sukar untuk ditulis di sini. Pengalaman saya sebagai penguatkuasa JAIJ sudah berdepan, menangkap, menyiasat, mendakwa dan berkawan dengan Bangla, sebab itu saya boleh jawab soalan apa keistimewaan Bangla itu. Rumah sewa saya di Johor Bahru pun dihuni orang Bangla yang bekerja di Maidin JB, lagilah saya kenal Bangla. Sebab itu kalau saya masuk Maidin JB, pekerja dia panggil saya 'bos', naik segan pula dibuatnya. Segan kalau orang lain dengar, pernah ada perempuan jeling saya sinis, mungkin dia ingat saya ni 'tekong' Bangla kot. SEKIAN.

Bangladeshis you cant expect anything better than this.We are also facing same situation in this partof India.

 

[powastick]

Typical xenophobia being exhibited in Malaysia, but than again the government is a protectionist itself who like to monopolize everything so it can make all the money. Example, Proton, the most useless automaker in the world still sucks blood out of Malaysians.
This is not the first time people have started to cry that our lively hoods are under threat, every single time there is competition these traders start to cry wolf, be the Bricklane vendors selling clothes during festive season. Malaysians are so scared of competition that the moment Uber was launched, taxi drivers started to call for a ban on it because they stated that there lively hoods are under threat, just because there will be competition. Malaysian taxi drivers are the worst of the worst. That is the mindset Malaysia, free capital enterprise forget about it.

If these people have valid licenses and documents by all accounts they have all the right to do business, if not then law should take its course.

I agree Proton sucks blood out of Malaysian, as it is a pyramid of bumiputra contractors doing business. Lets be honest here, Europe and the US is as Xenophobic as us. It wasn't a really a problem before Project IC was known. There is fear that UMNO is trying something similar in Peninsular Malaysia. So many Bangladesh workers here, from Shopping Malls,Government Hospitals, and even roadside (Ramli) Burger stalls. With that many Bangladesh, it makes one would wonder Bangladesh isn't a main destination of low cost production.

 

[Aung Zaya]

You are talking about Burmese Muslims, not Rohingyas who belong to Arakan. Even those Burmese Muslims must acquire Burmese/Buddhist name and identity to qualify for the fourth tier ID.

Ahhh..!! Just come arakan state.. they now attending at Sit twe colledge..u will see it.. dude..

 

[powastick]

Putrajaya’s migrant deluge woes

PETALING JAYA: Putrajaya has been forced into overdrive as it prepares to cope with a sudden deluge of illegal immigrants, a situation Malaysia has not faced in a long time.

Department heads huddled at an emergency meeting to discuss how to manage the 1,158 immigrants who were found on the shores of Langkawi on Monday.

The senior officials were also planning for an even worse scenario – reports say that some 8,000 illegals are still on boats in the high seas, all waiting to land on Malaysian soil in the next few days.

Home Ministry secretary-general Datuk Alwi Ibrahim said the emergency meeting was chaired by deputy secretary-general (security) Datuk Seri Adenan Ab Rahman and attended by representatives from the police, the National Security Council, the Immigration Department and the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency.

Deputy Home Minister Datuk Seri Dr Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar was emphatic that Malaysia could not continue to host thousands of illegal immigrants.

“Malaysia has been showing good human faith, which entices people to come here,” said Dr Wan Junaidi.

It is believed that about 25,000 Bangladeshis and Rohingya Muslims boarded boats headed for Malaysia in the first three months of this year, twice as many as in the same period in 2014.

Most landed in Thailand, where they were held by smugglers in squalid jungle camps.

However, the crackdown by Thailand has forced many boats to stay at sea.

“Up to 8,000 people are still at sea,” International Organisation for Migration spokesman Joe Lowry said.

It is believed that Home Ministry enforcement agencies, including Immigration, have been directed to further strengthen security at sea and land borders.

He said the 1,158 immigrants who were found on Langkawi were declared as illegals and would be handed over to the Immigration Department.

“They will be moved to the Belantik detention depot in Sik, Kedah, with the help of the police, the National Security Council and the navy.

“Several non-governmental organisations will also be helping with some necessities such as clothing,” said Dr Wan Junaidi.

The immigrants were temporarily housed at the Langkawi International Shooting Range.

The Star’s Malay portal mStar reported that the illegal immigrants would be sent to detention depots in stages.

A source said the Belantik depot already houses 1,000 immigrants and has a maximum capacity of 2,000 people.

“Some of the 1,158 could be sent to other detention depots nearby,” said the source.

“The detained immigrants will undergo a documentation process by the Immigration Department before being deported.”

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Malaysia to push back Rohingya unless boats are sinking
LANGKAWI, Malaysia (AP) — Abandoned at sea, thousands of Bangladeshis and members of Myanmar's long-persecuted Rohingya Musilm minority appeared Tuesday to have no place to go after two Southeast Asian nations refused to offer refuge to boatloads of hungry men, women and children.
Smugglers have fled wooden trawlers in recent days amid fear of a massive regional crackdown on human trafficking syndicates, leaving migrants to fend for themselves.

The United Nations pleaded for countries in the region to keep their borders open and help rescue those stranded.

"We won't let any foreign boats come in," Tan Kok Kwee, first admiral of Malaysia's maritime enforcement agency said Tuesday.

Unless they're unseaworthy and sinking, he said, the navy will provide "provisions and send them away."

Hours earlier, Indonesia pushed back a boat packed with hundreds of Rohingya and Bangladeshis, saying they were given food, water and directions to Malaysia — their original destination.

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Migrants rest at a temporary immigration detention center in Langkawi, Malaysia Tuesday, May 12, 201 …
Southeast Asia is in the grips of a spiraling humanitarian crisis, with around 1,600 migrants landing on the shores of the two Muslim-majority countries that over the years have shown the most sympathy for the Rohingya's plight.

With thousands more believed to be in the busy Malacca Strait and nearby waters — some stranded for more than two months — activists believe many more boats will try to make land in coming days and weeks.

One boat begged Tuesday to be rescued of Malaysia's Langkawi island, but it became clear by nightfall no help was on the way. One activist said she could hear the children crying when she got a call through to the boat.

Labeled by the U.N. one of the world's most persecuted minorities, the Rohingya have for decades suffered from state-sanctioned discrimination in Buddhist-majority Myanmar. Denied citizenship by national law, the Muslims are effectively stateless. Access to education and adequate health care is limited and freedom of movement severely restricted.

In the last three years, attacks on Rohingya have left 280 people dead and forced 140,000 others into crowded camps just outside Sittwe, the capital of Rakhine state, where they live under abysmal, apartheid-like conditions, with little or no opportunity for work.

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Illegal immigrants from Myanmar rest at a temporary immigration detention center in Langkawi, Malays …
That has sparked one of the biggest exoduses of boat people the region has seen since the Vietnam War, an estimated 100,000 men, women and children boarding ships in search of better lives in other countries since June 2012, according to the U.N. High Commission for Refugees.

The first stop, up until recently, was Thailand, where migrants were held in jungle camps until their families could raise hefty "ransoms' so they could continue onward, usually to Malaysia. Recent crackdowns, however, have forced the smugglers to change tactics — instead holding people on small and large ships parked offshore until they collected around $2,000.

Struggling to put a positive face on its dismal human trafficking record, Thai authorities have discovered more than 70 former camps near its border with Malaysia, the biggest of which was found Tuesday. It appeared to be newly abandoned, well-constructed and able to house as many as 800 people, said Lt. Gen. Prakarn Chonlayuth, the southern regional army commander.

Dozens of graves also have been excavated, the victims believed to be Rohingya or Bangladeshi.

Spooked, agents and brokers have all but stopped bringing their human cargo to shore altogether. And in the last three or four days, captains and smugglers have fled their ships, some jumping into speedboats, leaving migrants will no fuel, food or drinking water, survivors told The Associated Press.

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In some cases, the Rohingya or Bangladeshis have succeeded in commandeering boats, bringing them as close to land as possible and then swimming the rest of the way.

On Tuesday, a boat was stranded not far from Malaysia's Langkawi island, with hundreds of desperate Rohingya, around 50 of them women, said Chris Lewa, director of the non-profit Arakan Project.

The told her by phone their captain had fled days ago, and that they needed to be rescued.

Soon after, she heard cheers, and people on board spotted a white vessel with flashing lights. When they realized authorities weren't there to help, however, women started to scream.

"Oh! I could hear children crying!," she told AP. "It was terrible! I can hear them."

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Tan, of the Malaysia's maritime enforcement agency, meanwhile, said the waters around Langkawi would be patrolled 24 hours a day by eight ships.

More than 1,100 migrants have landed on the island since Sunday, the country's Home Ministry said in a statement. Of those, 486 were Myanmar citizens and 682 Bangladeshis. There were 993 men, it said, 104 women and 61 children.

For now, survivors on the island were being held in two separate holding centers, women and children in the sports hall and the men in another facility. But they would soon be transferred to a detention center on the Malaysian mainland.

Fifteen-year-old Hasana was standing with another girl outside her temporary quarters.

She said she was an orphan, having lost both her parents when she was young, and that she told her grandmother she didn't see a life for herself in Myanmar, where it was a struggle just to get enough food to eat. The teen said she had decided to join a group of friends who wanted to go to Malaysia.

She paid $200 for what turned out to be a harrowing journey by boat, she said, describing how one man was savagely attacked just for asking for food.

Looking around her at the chaos, she now worriedly asked: "Am I going to be sent back?"