JOHOR BARU: A total of 206 foreign individuals were arrested by the Immigration Department for allegedly violating the terms of their pass. Johor Immigration director Baharuddin Tahir said the arrest was made during a raid dubbed ‘Ops Mahir’ at a construction site in Pasir Gudang at 10.20am on Friday (April 26). “The operation was conducted based on...
KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 59 illegal immigrants were arrested in an Immigration Dept operation codenamed 'Ops Sapu' on 22 units of an apartment in Kepong on Saturday (March 23). Kuala Lumpur Immigration Department Director Wan Mohammed Saupee Wan Yusoff said the 37 men and 22 women caught are from Myanmar, Indonesia, India and Nepal. "They were...
TELUK INTAN: A total of 59 illegal immigrants were charged in the Magistrate's Court here today with entering the country without valid documents and overstaying. The 40 men and 19 women, comprising Indonesian and Nepali nationals, pleaded guilty to the charge before Sessions Court Judge Intan Nurul Farena Zainal Abidin. Thirty of the immigrants were charged with...
PETALING JAYA: Public transport operators who unknowingly transport illegal immigrants will not be fined as they are not authorised to check the status of their passengers, said Immigration Department director Datuk Ruslin Jusoh. Ruslin also dismissed as fake a viral notice that public transport drivers will be penalised with a massive fine should they be caught...
KOTA KINABALU: A group of undocumented migrants thought dawn might be the best time to evade the authorities and slip into the country undetected. They could not be more wrong when the group was intercepted by the marine police at the Gelam-Gelam waters off Sabah’s east coast Semporna district on Friday (Sept 15). The group, believed to...
