A total of 214 illegal immigrants, including 123 Bangladeshis, have been arrested by Malaysia's Johor Immigration Department during raids on workers' settlements near Kampung Belokok and Jalan Lingkaran Dalam in Johor Baru.
“During a raid at Kampung Belokok, a total of 252 people were inspected, and 92 of them were arrested for various offenses,” said Immigration Deputy Director-General (Operations) Jafri Embok Taha.
Those detained included 30 men from China, four men from India, four men from Indonesia, 53 men from Bangladesh, and one man from Pakistan, report The Star.
In another raid, 725 people were inspected, and 122 were arrested for various immigration offenses.
The second raid saw the arrest of 70 men from Bangladesh, 31 men from Indonesia, 20 men from Myanmar, and one man from Pakistan, he added.
“The team also arrested a man for having a fake United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) card. The man claimed to be from Myanmar, but a background check revealed that he is from Bangladesh,” Jafri told The Star.
All of those arrested have been taken to the department headquarters in Setia Tropika, Johor Baru, for documentation.
