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Some Filipinos to be repatriated from Malaysia: Marcos

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Pia Gutierrez, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Pres. Ferdinand Marcos Jr. arrives in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on July 25, 2023. Ali Vicoy, PPA Pool" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/life/07/27/20230725-marcos-malaysia-ppa4.jpg"/><figcaption>Pres. Ferdinand Marcos Jr. arrives in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on July 25, 2023. Ali Vicoy, PPA Pool</figcaption></figure></div>KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Some Filipinos will be repatriated from Malaysia for their illegal stay there, President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. said on Thursday. Marcos and Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim agreed on convening a Philippines-Malaysia Joint Commission Meeting soon, with the issue among the topics to be raised in the meeting.Some of those who will be repatriated were staying in parts of Malaysia believing it is their ancestral land, he said, but they are Filipinos by law. &quot;They are being repatriated because of although they consider themselves Filipinos... they consider also... their ancestral lands. That&#x27;s where the difference is,&quot; he said. &quot;But when you apply Malaysian laws, they are illegals. So I guess, that is essentially where it goes down,&quot; he added.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/09/21/17/7-filipino-militant-suspects-arrested-in-malaysia">7 Filipino militant suspects arrested in Malaysia</a></li></ul>The transfer is now being processed by the Philippine Embassy, said Marcos. &quot;The joint commission mechanism is something that we use to raise an issue that would come up with the Philippines and Malaysia and this is one of them,&quot; he said. Marcos did not mention during the interview how many Filipinos in Malaysia will be repatriated.Some Filipinos in Malaysia have been arrested in recent years for alleged illicit activities.Malaysian police in 2013 detained several Filipinos suspected of involvement with the Abu Sayyaf militant group — Islamist militants engaged mainly in kidnappings for ransom who have operated out of the southern Philippines for years. Recently, a news report said 9 Filipinos were arrested by the Sabah marine police after allegedly using explosives for fishing in the waters off Pulau Manukan.ABS-CBN News has reached out to Foreign Affairs spokesperson Tessie Daza on the latest report, but she has yet to respond as of this story&#x27;s posting. <div>— With Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News </div>

Some of those who will be repatriated were staying in parts of Malaysia believing it is their ancestral land, he said, but they are Filipinos by law. 

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Some Filipinos to be repatriated from Malaysia: Marcos

Pia Gutierrez,

ABS-CBN News

Published July 27, 2023 06:22 PM PHT

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Updated July 27, 2023 08:06 PM PHT

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