00:00 A total of 31 undocumented foreigners were detained by the Immigration Department
00:05 following an Operation codenamed Obscuteb near Suria KLCC Pavilion Shopping Centre and Bukit Bintang on Saturday night.
00:13 Immigration Deputy Director-General of Operation Jafri M. Bukthara said
00:18 those detained aged between 19 and 50 were believed to have committed various offences,
00:24 including abusing passers-by to conduct businesses.
00:27 Jafri said the department conducted surveillance and intelligence gathering for about a week before the operation was conducted.
00:35 A total of 24 undocumented foreigners were detained near KLCC while seven were detained near Pavilion.
00:42 Those detained were eight Bangladeshi nationals, six Indian nationals, four each from Indonesia, Pakistan and Nepal,
00:50 three from the Philippines and one each from Afghanistan and Syria.
00:55 Those detained will be brought to the Kuala Lumpur Immigration Office for documentation purposes.
01:00 Meanwhile, those found to have committed offences will then be brought to the Immigration Department in Bukit Jalil for further action.
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