{
  "id": 19655316,
  "title": "149 Chinese citizens deported through Penang airport",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/12/149-chinese-citizens-deported-through-penang-airport",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-12T13:19:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "New Straits Times",
    "slug": "new-straits-times",
    "url": "https://www.nst.com.my/news/regional/2026/11/1576375/149-chinese-citizens-deported-through-penang-airport"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Immigration Department in Kedah, Malaysia, announced the deportation of 149 undocumented Chinese migrants to their home country through Penang International Airport. This deportation took place yesterday. According to the department, all the deportees were men who had been previously detained at the Belantik Immigration Depot in Sik. The expenses for repatriation were covered entirely by the detainees' families and employers.\n\nRepresentatives from the Consulate-General of the People's Republic of China in Penang were involved in facilitating the detainees' return. All the migrants had fulfilled their sentences and had followed the deportation procedures as outlined by the Immigration Act 1959/63 (Act 155) and the Immigration Regulations 1963.\n\nThe Immigration Department emphasized that all the deported individuals were also blacklisted in their system, which would prevent them from re-entering the country.",
  "summary": "SIK: A total of 149 Chinese undocumented migrants have been deported to their home country through Penang International Airport.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}