“The personnel checked 915 foreigners and 440 of them have committed offences under the Immigration Act 1963. Nearly 1,000 immigrants were checked and 440 were found to be here illegally, having misused their work permit, overstayed or had no valid travel documents. The three-hour operation saw premises abandoned by operators, believed to be illegal immigrants, fled. Mustafar said it was either some locals had rented the premises to them or the locals had hired the illegal immigrants, which is also an offence. “That is why this is under a joint-operation as business premises are under different agencies and illegal premises comes under the city council.

Source: New Strait Times November 14, 2017 14:26 UTC