THERE WERE 53,869 VIETNAMESE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS IN THE COUNTRY OF WHOM 30,962 WERE IN TRENGGANU. MALAYSIA WAS WILLING TO ACCEPT THEM FOR THE TIME BEING ON HUMANITARIAN GROUNDS BUT A SOLUTION
MUST BE FOUND BY EVERY ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT IMMIGRANT EVENTUALLY
LEAVING THE COUNTRY. THAT WAS WHY MALAYSIA HAD CALLED FOR THE
SETTING UP OF A PROCESSING CENTRE ON AN ISLAND SOMEWHERE ELSE.
UNQUOTE.
3. WE HOPE TO OBTAIN OFFICIAL COMMENT THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL REPORT FURTHER.
HAWLEY
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