KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia and the Philippines have yet to decide on the cost of deporting illegal immigrants from Sabah, said Deputy Home Minister Reezal Merican Naina Merican.
He said both countries were still in discussions to decide which country would bear the cost of deporting the illegal immigrants.
“What is important is that we are ready to depot the Filipino illegal immigrants detained in Sabah,” he said when winding up the debate for the 2017 Supply Bill at his ministry level in the Dewan Rakyat here yesterday.
He was answering a question from Irmohizam Ibrahim (BN-Kuala Selangor) as to who would bear the cost of deporting illegal immigrants.
Prime Minister Najib Razak had said Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte, who visited Malaysia on Nov 9, had agreed to Malaysia’s decision to send home 7,000 Filipino illegal immigrants in stages.