Police launch manhunt for 20 Afghans in Malaysia

By AFP

Aug 04, 2010 12:04 am

KUALA LUMPUR: A manhunt has been launched in Malaysia for 20 Afghan migrants who fled a detention center and may be planning to travel illicitly to Australia, police said on Tuesday.

The Afghans escaped on Sunday from a high security holding center at Kuala Lumpur International Airport near the capital, in the second such embarrassing episode in five months.

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