A total of 166 Myanmar citizens including 60 people from detention centers in Malaysia were sent back to Myanmar via relief flight, announced the Myanmar embassy in Malaysia on February 22.

It will be the 54th relief flight sent back to Myanmar from Malaysia.

The certificate of identity (CI) holders needs to leave Malaysia within two weeks and 11 CI holders are found staying in Malaysia for over two weeks. Malaysian immigration department banned their exit. The embassy requested its citizens in Malaysia to apply check memos and special passes using relief flight tickets.

The Malaysian immigration department detained a Myanmar citizen, who planned to return to Myanmar using 44th relief flight, was found using a fake visit visa to enter Malaysia. The embassy urged its citizens in Malaysia to check entry visas, work permits, checkout memos and special passes in advance before applying to return to Myanmar.