JAKARTA, Sept. 25 (Xinhua) -- As many as 240 Indonesian migrant workers have been deported by the Malaysian government, an immigration official has said.

They were sent to the Social Affairs Office in Indonesia's West Kalimantan provincial capital of Pontianak on Friday morning, Berie Januar P Sarbini, a supervisor of the immigration office in the province's Entikong area which borders Malaysia, said in a statement.

"The Indonesian migrant workers were deported as they have problems with stay permits, drug abuses and without legal documents in Malaysia," Sarbini said.

Before entering Entikong the migrant workers were obliged to apply health protocols to avoid the COVID-19 infections, he said, adding that the Entikong health office also asked them to conduct health tests before immigration checks.

This year, hundreds of Indonesian migrant workers were deported from Malaysia among others due to illegal entries to the neighboring country, problems with stay permits and drug abuses. Enditem

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