00:00 A 34-year-old Singaporean man has been detained by the Immigration Department in Johor Bahru
00:07 for overstaying in Malaysia for more than 13 years.
00:11 Johor Immigration Director Baharudin Tahir said the suspect was one of five people detained
00:16 in Johor Bahru on Sunday.
00:19 The Immigration Department received a tip-off about some foreigners involved in the illegal
00:24 construction of a shop on reserve land in Jalan Wadi Hana in Johor Bahru.
00:30 Among them detained were a Singaporean man who has overstayed since 2011.
00:35 Also detained was a Bangladeshi man for violating his social visit pass.
00:39 Meanwhile, in a separate raid, 16 men from Syria, Yemen, Palestine, Egypt, Bangladesh
00:45 and a woman from the Philippines were detained at a popular Middle Eastern restaurant in
00:49 Taman Tasek.
00:51 The suspects, aged 21 to 55, did not have permits or passes enabling them to work in
00:57 the country.
00:58 All those detained will be investigated under the Immigration Act 1959/63 for overstaying.
01:05 For more information visit www.immigration.com/johor-bahru/
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