00:00 Minister in the Prime Minister's Department for Law and Institutional Reform, Datu Sri
00:06 Azalina Othman Syed, said there are over 2,000 Dube migrants in Bungarang.
00:12 Azalina said in a post on X or formerly Twitter on Tuesday that she had reached out to Human
00:18 Resources Minister Stephen Sim in her capacity as the Bungarang MP, as she has been told
00:24 that there are about 2,500 migrants in a similar situation in her constituency.
00:31 Referring to the 171 Bangladeshi workers in Immigration Department detention since December
00:37 20, Azalina said that this is the tip of the iceberg, that the culprits behind this syndicate
00:44 must be held accountable and immediate investigations must be carried out on who issued these permits
00:50 with no jobs available.
00:52 Azalina also praised Sim for instructing the Human Resources Ministry to assist the workers
00:59 to find jobs on humanitarian grounds.
01:02 She said the responsibility and role of all companies involved should also be investigated
01:08 to determine how legitimate migrant workers could be exploited and enticed with promises
01:14 of work in Malaysia.
01:16 Calling it "crimes against humanity", the law minister said violation against human
01:21 rights, including in the business sector, must not be tolerated and it is time to take
01:27 firm action against irresponsible businesses.
01:31 On Monday, Kota Dinggir OCPD Superintendent Hussein Zamora confirmed the arrest of 171
01:37 Bangladeshi workers who had walked to the Bayu Damai police station, which was 10km
01:43 from the accommodation, to lodge a police report against their agent.
01:48 Superintendent Hussein said the workers were legally brought into Malaysia, adding that
01:53 the workers did not manage to lodge a police report after it was discovered that the agent
01:58 has yet to find employment for them.
02:01 He added that a police report made by the army against the foreigners was received on
02:06 the same day.
02:08 Superintendent Hussein added that the foreigners, aged 19 to 43 years old, were then hauled
02:13 up by the Immigration Department and detained at the department's headquarters in Setia
02:18 Tropika for investigations under Section 15, Subsection 1, Subsection c of the Immigration
02:25 Act 1959-63.
02:28 The Department of Homeland Security and the United States Department of Homeland Security
02:35 has not yet confirmed the arrest of the workers.
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