The Immigration Department of Malaysia has detained a total of 137 illegal immigrants of various nationalities, including 19 Bangladeshis, during an operation at a construction site in Johor Baru of the country on Friday.
Director Baharuddin Tahir said that the operation was carried out in Jaya Putra area at around 12.38am hours of Friday (March 22) morning.
"The department carried out the operation following public information about the presence of many immigrants in the area.
"In the operation, these immigrants were living inside 12 'rumah kongsi,' which have more than 200 rooms that were inspected by our enforcement personnel," he said in a statement here on Friday, reports The Star.
Baharuddin added some 219 immigrants and one local were inspected where 137 of them have committed offences under various immigration offences.
He said among those that had been detained included 98 Indonesians including 17 women, 19 Bangladeshis, 16 Myanmar nationals including two women, two Vietnamese nationals including a woman and two Pakistanis.
Baharuddin added all of those detained were between 18 and 55 years old and were currently being placed at Setia Tropika Immigration Depot for further investigations.
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