Immigration Dept raids 'elite' nightclub in KL, detains 27 foreigners

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The Kuala Lumpur Immigration Department raided an entertainment centre on Jalan Sultan Ismail in the wee hours of Friday (Aug 9) and detained 27 foreign nationals.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/57vrxxy2   WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00The Kuala Lumpur Immigration Department detained 27 foreign nationals during an early morning

00:06raid on an entertainment outlet on Jalan Sultan Ismail.

00:11The foreigners were found in a super VIP karaoke room which charged a fee of 200,000 ringgit

00:17and other karaoke rooms offering an estimated price of between 10,000 ringgit and 16,000

00:24ringgit.

00:25The department's director, Wan Muhammad Saupi Wan Yusof, said the raid was conducted at

00:30about 2 a.m. on Friday and its personnel inspected a total of 50 individuals, including customers

00:37and employees of the nightclub.

00:39He said they acted on public complaints about suspicious activities at the premises.

00:44The detainees included nine women and 18 men, who are aged between 20 and 43.

00:50It is believed that the super VIP room was reserved for regular customers who are entertained

00:56by foreign women.

00:57The premises reportedly only offer membership to customers with a bank account balance of

01:02over 100,000 ringgit.

01:05A witness summons will be issued to the owner of the premises to appear at the Kuala Lumpur

01:10Immigration Enforcement Division.

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