BAU: The army foiled two illegal entry attempts into Sarawak by 22 immigrants at separate locations yesterday.
All the detained Indonesians, aged between 17 and 43, have since been instructed to return to their country of origin.
According to the First Infantry Division, the first incident happened around 9am when an army team came across eight immigrants at an illegal route in Kampung Gumbang, about 400m from the Sarawak-Indonesia border.
Later, around 9.15pm, the army detained another 14 immigrants at an illegal route in Kampung Stass, about 100m from the border.
Inspections found that the 14 men and eight women immigrants did not possess any valid cross-border documents.
No illegal items were found in their possession except for clothes, personal belongings, a sum of Indonesian currency worth RM5,661 as well as 14 mobile phones.
The army is committed to maintaining national security and ensuring the preservation of national sovereignty by preventing any kind of cross-border crime from occurring.
