1.   There has also been a policy to register illegal labourers to facilitate access to certain occupations.

2.   Illegal labourers in the country comprised mainly those from India, Bangladesh, Indonesia and China with the minority from Philippines, Thailand and Burma, Megat Junid said.

3.   But a forensic investigation found they had suffocated, probably during an arduous secret journey to Thailand where they were to join the ranks of illegal labourers.

4.   But a forensic investigation found Wednesday they had suffocated, probably accidentally during an arduous secret journey to Thailand where they were to join the ranks of illegal labourers.

5.   There are more than one million illegal labourers in the country, officals said.