00:01The Johor Immigration Department detained 45 foreigners
00:05suspected of working illegally in shoplots around Taman Mount Austin in Johor Bahru on Saturday.
00:11Its director, Datuk Mohamed Rusdi Mohamed Darus, said the operation,
00:16which began at 12.30 a.m., followed intelligence and public complaints
00:21about undocumented migrants in the area.
00:24The late-night raid took place while the foreigners were resting in shoplots
00:28converted into living spaces.
00:30The detainees, aged from 9 months to 46 years, were arrested for various immigration offences,
00:37including invalid travel documents and overstaying.
00:40They include 19 Myanmar men, 9 Pakistani men, 7 Indian men, 3 Indonesian men,
00:47a Myanmar boy, 5 Myanmar women, and an Indonesian woman.
00:52Some of them tried to escape or hid in bathrooms and ceilings,
00:55but officers managed to arrest them.
00:58All detainees are being held at the Setia Tropica Immigration Depot for further investigation.
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