JAKARTA, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) -- An Indonesian official confirmed the deportation of eight Indonesians from Malaysia on Wednesday following the finding of Islamic State (IS) logos in cellphone.
Citing the results of an investigation, Muhammad Iqbal, director of Indonesian citizen protection at foreign affairs ministry, said those deported nationals were students of a boarding school in Indonesia's West Sumatra province.
Iqbal said the students made trips to Malaysia and southern Thailand's Pattani area to undertake a study program in an education institution there.
On Monday, they were blocked from entering Singapore from Malaysia's Johor as Singaporean immigration officers found IS logos in a cellphone belonging to one of the eight.
They eventually returned to Malaysia.
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