00:01A group of foreign nationals posing as doctors and offering unlicensed medical services from behind premises selling daily essentials were
00:10detained after the Immigration Department raided nine locations around Jalan Tuntan Sioux Sin in Pudu on Friday afternoon.
00:18The raids were conducted by the Immigration Department's Special Tactical Team in coordination with the Kuala Lumpur Health Department's Pharmacy
00:27Enforcement Branch following two weeks of surveillance.
00:31Eighteen foreign nationals, aged 24 to 51, were detained, including six posing as doctors serving the migrant community.
00:40Checks found the premises were operating under the guise of legitimate businesses.
00:44The raided locations operated as sundry shops, textile stores, eateries, travel agency counters and barbershops at the front, while the
00:55back areas had been converted into makeshift consultation rooms and storage spaces for illegal medicines.
01:03Most clients were Bangladeshi nationals drawn by lower fees and easier communication.
01:08Inspections found the premises were supplying medicines that required specialist prescriptions.
01:14Initial investigations indicate the medicines were smuggled in by Bangladeshi visitors and sold for 50 ringgit to 100 ringgit.
01:25All 18 men, 17 from Bangladesh and one from Myanmar, were arrested under the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 and Immigration
01:35Act 1959-63 for invalid travel documents, past misuse and overstaying.
01:44The
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