Police hunt for illegal immigrants

HONG KONG - Six Vietnamese broke out of a Hong Kong detention camp yesterday, bringing new pressure on the government to resolve…

HONG KONG - Six Vietnamese broke out of a Hong Kong detention camp yesterday, bringing new pressure on the government to resolve the cases of thousands of "boat people" being held as illegal immigrants.

By midmorning, four had been captured by police but two were still missing, a government spokesman said. Police combed the hills around the Whitehead detention centre in. Hong Kong's rural New Territories in a search for the remaining fugitives, the officer said.