KUALA LUMPUR: Over two dozen foreigners were rounded up for various offences during an Immigration Department operation in Terengganu. Immigration director-general Datuk Ruslin Jusoh said in a statement that 26 individuals were caught in the Pulau Perhentian area during the operation on Monday (Sept 9). “All those detained are believed to have been operating businesses and working...
KOTA KINABALU: Sabah has agreed to set up a Special Committee on Citizenship Status and a special task force to address issues of Sabah residents without identification documents. Chief Minister Datuk Seri Hajiji Noor said the state Cabinet had in a meeting endorsed the formation of the special committee to scrutinise, ascertain, coordinate and assist in...
SEREMBAN: The Immigration Department has detained 87 undocumented foreigners at an affordable homes construction site here, says its state chief Kennith Tan Aik Kiang. He said 90 foreigners were screened during the raid jointly carried out by the department and the state Islamic Affairs Department on Wednesday. "Some of the foreigners, who were between 23 and 55...
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...
JOHOR BARU: A total of 84 illegal immigrants from four countries and a local woman have been arrested following a raid at a factory in Senai near here. Johor Immigration director Baharuddin Tahir said that the operation, codenamed Ops Mahir, was conducted at 11am on Wednesday (Jan 24) following a tip-off from the public. "We received a...
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...
