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Malaysia Detains Africans in Anti-Crime Sweep VOA News 2 Feb 2002 12:47 UTC 
Malaysian police have detained more than 200 Africans as part of an anti-crime sweep in Kuala Lumpur.
The 215 Africans were arrested Friday in a major sweep against illegal immigrants and petty criminals.
About 150 of the suspects escaped custody while being trucked to an immigration detention center, but most of them were quickly re-captured.
The official Bernama news agency says most of the suspects were from Liberia, Cameroon, Zimbabwe, Nigeria and Sierra Leone.
Some information for this report provided by Reuters and AFP.
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