00:01A total of 22 foreigners from three countries were arrested for various immigration offences
00:07following an operation in Johor Bahru.
00:10Johor Immigration Director Datuk Mohamed Rusdi Mohamed Darus
00:15said they were detained during an operation carried out on Friday night.
00:19Acting on a tip-off and intelligence gathered,
00:22authorities launched an operation targeting business and residential premises
00:26focusing on restaurants selling tom yum believed to be employing undocumented immigrants
00:32or serving as their gathering places.
00:3522 foreigners aged between 18 and 52 from Thailand, Indonesia and Myanmar
00:41were arrested for suspected immigration offences.
00:45Those detained were believed to be workers, customers and occupants of the premises that were inspected
00:51and are currently held at the Setia Tropica Immigration Depot
00:55for further investigation under the Immigration Act 1959-63.
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