JOHOR BARU: The Immigration Department has detained 26 undocumented foreigners at 15 shophouses here. Its Johor director Baharuddin Tahir said an operation was carried out at an undisclosed location here at 12.05am on Tuesday (April 16) following a public tip-off. "According to the public information, a large group of foreigners were living in the area so we...
KUALA LUMPUR: More than 100 suspected gang members were detained following a special Bukit Aman CID operation in Klang. The operation, codenamed Ops Khas Aman Phase 1, was conducted in the whole district from Jan 15 till Saturday (Jan 20). Spearheaded by Bukit Aman CID's anti-vice, gambling and secret societies division (D7), with the cooperation of the...
MELAKA: The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) has detained a Cameroon-registered oil tanker together with six crew members for illegally dropping anchor off the Tanjung Dahan coast here. MMEA Negri Sembilan/Melaka director Maritime Capt Mohd Khairi Abd Aziz said the vessel was detained about 7.5 nautical miles (about 14km) from the shoreline here at 11.30am on...
JOHOR BARU: Immigration officers have detained 47 foreigners at a factory in Kluang for working without proper employment permits. Johor Immigration director Baharuddin Tahir (pic) said 23 were from India, 21 were from Bangladesh, two were from Sri Lanka, and one was from Pakistan. They were detained in a special operation at 10.30am on Thursday (Dec 14),...
KUALA LUMPUR: Police denied claims that blogger Wan Muhammad Azri Wan Deris, also known as Papagomo, was detained as claimed by some. Inspector General of Police Tan Sri Razarudin Husain refuted allegations that Wan Muhammad Azri was detained while he was live streaming on social media. "We did not arrest Papagomo, yesterday," he told Bernama when contacted...
KUALA LUMPUR: The co-founder of a local airline has been on the radar of authorities for the past two years for alleged dubious activities, including alleged scams and money laundering. Datuk Allan Goh Hwan Hua, his wife Datin Neow Ean Lee and their son Goh Tze Han, who were remanded yesterday, are not only being investigated...
PORT KLANG: Four teenagers, all victims of human trafficking, have been rescued in a raid on an illegal factory in Telok Gong here. Bukit Aman CID's Anti-Trafficking in Persons and Anti-Smuggling of Migrants (Atipsom) unit (D3) conducted the raid at about 3.30pm on Thursday (Sept 21) along with several other agencies, including the Labour Department. Bukit Aman...
KUALA LUMPUR: A woman has been detained for lodging a false police report to avoid being fined for losing her MyKad identification card. Ampang Jaya OCPD Asst Comm Mohd Azam Ismail said the 24-year-old woman lodged a police report on Friday (July 28) claiming that she had been a victim of a snatch theft at about...
