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"Most of them have completed their jail terms and were clobbered
with rattan," Didik Trimardjono, a diplomat with the Indonesian Consulate
General in Johor Baru, was quoted by Antara news agency as saying.
<P>He said that they would be sent to Tanjung Pinang in Riau Islands province on Thursday and Friday.</P>
<P>Data from the Malaysian Immigration showed that there were more than 1.17 million of Indonesians working in Malaysia in 2006. (**)</P>
<P><I>Source: http://www.thejakartapost.com/detailgeneral.asp?fileid=20070405152604&irec=2</I>
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