Police Avert Fight Between Indon And Burmese Workers in Malaysia ( Bernama ) October 19, 2002


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Police Avert Fight Between Indon And Burmese Workers in Malaysia

PENANG, Oct 19 (Bernama)

Police averted a fight between Indonesian and Burmese workers Saturday by rushing to a construction site in Jalan Bukit Gambir here following a tip-off.

A police spokesman said 20 foreign workers, including two women, were arrested in the operation at about noon.

"On seeing the police, most of the workers fled into a jungle on a nearby hill," he told reporters at the scene.

Police believed the suspects did not have valid travel documents, he said.

He said the workers had gathered there for a fight after failing to resolve a debt-related problem on Friday.

On receiving information about an impending fight, police sent a team from the district police headquarters and Federal Reserve Unit personnel to the work site.

No weapons were recovered from the area.

He said General Operations Force personnel had been deployed to hunt for the workers who escaped into the jungles.

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