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THE Sabah Immigration Department continued its deportation exercise with the latest eviction of 132 Filipinos from Lahad Datu on Tuesday.

The deportation involved 73 men, 20 women, 22 girls and 17 boys who were detained at the Sandakan Immigration Depot. 

The department said all children detainees were accompanied by their parents or guardians, and everyone paid their own expenses back to the Philippines.

The cost for each adult passenger from Sandakan to Lahad Datu is RM375, RM210 for children between the ages of five and 13, and free for those under the age of four.

The department said these deportations are done on a continued basis depending on how fast the Philippine Embassy issues travel documents for their nationals involved.

The issuance of travel documents from the embassy to these detainees play an important role in the deportation process.