00:00The Immigration Department detained three foreign nationals who were pretending to be beggars
00:07at Masjid Jamit Kampung Baru during an op-sapu operation on Friday afternoon.
00:12Kuala Lumpur Immigration Director Wan Mohamed Saupi, Wan Youssof, said the operation began
00:17at 2 p.m. after Friday prayers, following two weeks of surveillance.
00:22He said the foreigners had targeted the mosque during peak Friday prayer hours to collect
00:27easy money from worshippers.
00:29Investigations also revealed that the group had been moving from one area to another
00:34throughout the day, focusing their activities at the mosque during the noon hours, especially
00:39on Fridays.
00:40Wan Mohamed Saupi said several immigration officers had also disguised themselves as beggars to
00:46gather intelligence.
00:48During the one-hour operation, immigration officers inspected a total of 19 foreigners.
00:53During the one-hour operation, 19 foreigners were inspected, and three, two Pakistanis and
01:00one Indonesian, were arrested for staying in the country without valid documents, under
01:05section 6, subsection 1, paragraph C of the Immigration Act, 1959-63.
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