00:00The Malaysian Immigration Department detained 152 foreign nationals for various immigration
00:10offences during enforcement operations in Cheras, Thursday night.
00:18The arrests were made during Ops Selera and Ops Sapu, which targeted premises suspected
00:23of employing foreign workers without valid documents.
00:27Deputy Director General of Operations Datuk Lokman Effendi Ramli said 458 foreign nationals
00:34and 432 locals were checked during the operation, which began at 8pm.
00:40The detainees comprised 82 men and 70 women, aged between 21 and 42.
00:47Myanmar nationals recorded the highest number of arrests, followed by Chinese nationals.
00:53The offences, among others, were overstaying, failure to possess valid travel documents
00:59to remain in the country, and misuse of visas and permits issued.
01:04The department also suspected that several seized documents may be fake, and immigration
01:09officers are still verifying their authenticity.
01:12Lokman said that the operation involved inspections at 19 premises, some of which had surveillance
01:18systems such as CCTVs, to detect the presence of authorities from a distance.
01:24Several employers were also detained for allegedly hiring undocumented foreign workers.
01:29I was surprised to see that the officers were in the same way.
01:30I was surprised to see that the officers were in the same way.
01:34They were in the same way.
01:36They were in the same way.
01:38All those detained will be brought to the KLIA Depot for further investigation and action.
02:08All those detained will be brought to the KLIA Depot for further investigation.
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