KUALA LUMPUR: The Immigration Department arrested 213 foreigners for various immigration-related offences after raiding a nightclub near Jalan Raja Chulan early on Thursday (Aug 22). Immigration Department deputy director-general (operations) Jafri Embok Taha said 109 women and 104 men were arrested after his team checked 300 individuals, including 12 men and two local women, in Op...
PUTRAJAYA: An investigation has been launched following a TikTok video that claimed rude service by the Immigration Department. Immigration director-general Datuk Ruslin Jusoh, at a press conference on Monday (Aug 19) at the department’s special operations and intelligence headquarters here, said that he was aware of the video and had ordered a thorough investigation to be...
PETALING JAYA: The Immigration Department has busted an illegal ewaste factory run by foreigners during a raid on Thursday (May 16), said Immigration Department director-general Datuk Ruslin Jusoh (pic). He said the factory in Klang was raided following public complaints that it was operating illegally and had employed foreigners suspected to be victims of human trafficking. “The...
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...
SHAH ALAM: The Immigration Department arrested 132 illegal immigrants in a raid on a settlement at an oil palm plantation in Setia Alam on Sunday (Feb 18) morning. Immigration deputy director-general (Operations) Jafri Embok Taha, said that 130 Indonesians and two Bangladeshi men were detained in the operation that started at 2.38 am. Jafri said that of...
PUTRAJAYA: Bangladeshi opposition leader MA Quayum will not be deported yet as he has a pending court case, says Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail (pic). The Home Minister said the ministry is giving full cooperation to all parties in relation to the case. "We are aware that Quanyum was detained early this month by the police and...
PUTRAJAYA: The Immigration Department rescued a Tanzanian national in an anti-human trafficking operation in Kuala Lumpur. Its director-general, Datuk Ruslin Jusoh, said the 29-year-old woman was rescued in an operation that began at about 4.30pm on Monday (Jan 29). The operation was carried out by the Intelligence Operations Unit, Prevention Division of Anti-Trafficking in Persons and Anti-Smuggling...
PETALING JAYA: Tens foreign nationals have been detained by the Immigration Department near Masjid Saidina Abu Bakar Mas on Jalan Ara, Bangsar in Kuala Lumpur on Friday (Jan 12). The operation was carried out at 12.15pm following complaints about people begging in the area. Those detained were aged from two and 41 years old. Among those rounded...
SEPANG: To overcome the challenge of foreign tourists overstaying in Malaysia, the Immigration Department has initiated a comprehensive plan to tackle the issue head-on by scrutinising and purifying existing data. Recognising the importance of accurate data, the department has formed a dedicated task force led by Immigration Department director-general Datuk Ruslin Jusoh(pic). He said that the team...
JOHOR BARU: The Johor Immigration Department has smashed a syndicate issuing fake temporary employment visit pass (PLKS) and Recalibration Programme (RTK) 2.0 to immigrants with the arrest of six male foreigners. State director Baharuddin Tahir said based on information and intelligence, the department raided a premises in Iskandar Puteri at around 4.50pm on Thursday (Oct 5). "The...
