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Two people detained under the Internal Security Act (ISA) in Malaysia for links with the terrorist group Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LLTE) have been repatriated to Sri Lanka.

Malaysian Home Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein said details on the repatriation of the two will be revealed tomorrow.

He said the ministry is considering to release Immigration Department officers detained under ISA for their involvement in human trafficking.

"We are considering to release the officers as they may have repented and want to be with family members during Ramadan. "Decision whether to release them or not is based on police information," he said after presenting aid for mosques and suraus in Sembrong parliamentary constituency in Nyior today.

Any decision on the matter would be based on security and public order. The seven Immigration Department officers were arrested last year.

Hishammuddin said human trafficking syndicates profited a lot from such activities.

"If the 500,000 illegal Bangladeshis in the country pay RM10,000 each to the syndicates, they stand to make RM5bil."

On the release of six Parti Sosialis Malaysia (PSM) members from detention under the Emergency Ordinance, he said police are still investigating it.

"The Prime Minister has said action depends on directive from the Attoney-General's Chambers. I have to agree with AG's decision." (BERNAMA)

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