Diplomats hand back immigrant fugitives

Kuala Lumpur - A group of 35 Indonesian immigrants broke into the US embassy and three other diplomatic compounds here yesterday…

Kuala Lumpur - A group of 35 Indonesian immigrants broke into the US embassy and three other diplomatic compounds here yesterday in a desperate bid for political asylum.

But most of the frail, poorly-dressed immigrants from Indonesia's troubled Aceh province presented no fight and all but eight, still held at the US mission, were swiftly rounded up and handed over to Malaysian security forces.