PUTRAJAYA: Rohingya fleeing persecution from Rakhine state in Myanmar will be permitted entry into Malaysia but the Immigration Department would still need to distinguish between genuine refugees and economic migrants. He added that refugees with United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) cards would be permitted entry. When asked about the Sarawak government's stance not to accept any Rohingya refugees, Mustafar said that was a policy decision by the state government. He said 99 of the employers and 3,646 illegal immigrants had been charged under the Immigration Act and other regulations. "Don't try to bribe any Immigration officer, because we are ready to take action against people who try to corrupt Immigration personnel," said Mustafar.

Source: The Star September 11, 2017 10:41 UTC