Immigration detains 123 foreigners in Senai factory raid

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The Immigration Department detained 123 foreigners believed to be working at a plastic factory without valid documents.  Johor Immigration director Datuk Mohd Rusdi Mohd Darus said the operation was at a factory in the Senai industrial area at 7pm on Friday (Nov 14).  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/bde4u8ej  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00The Johor Immigration Department detained 123 foreigners on Friday, believed to be working

00:08at a plastics factory without valid documents.

00:12State Immigration Director Datuk Mohammad Rusti Mohammad Darus said the operation took

00:16place at a factory in the Senai industrial area at 7 p.m.

00:21He said the situation became chaotic when several workers attempted to flee and hide

00:26within the factory.

00:27However, swift action by enforcement officers sealed all exits and prevented anyone from

00:33escaping.

00:35The detainees, aged between 20 and 48, were held for various immigration offences, including

00:41working without permission, failing to produce legal documents, and not possessing valid passes.

00:47Among those detained were 45 Bangladeshi men, 23 Myanmar men, 3 Indian men, and 1 Nepalese

00:54man, as well as 48 Myanmar women, 1 Nepalese woman, and 1 Indian woman.

01:01The factory's human resources officer, a local, was also arrested.

01:06All detainees are currently held at the Setia Tropica Immigration Depot.

01:10They are currently held at the Setia Tropica Immigration Depot.

01:26But actually, it's very pointless.

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