Some 145 undocumented migrants nabbed in remote Sabah village

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Immigration personnel faced considerable challenges detaining over 100 undocumented migrants during a midnight operation on Saturday (Oct 26) in a remote village in Sabah’s Ranau district.   Sabah Immigration director Datuk Sharifah Sitti Saleha Habib Yusoff stated that the department detained 145 illegal immigrants from the 220 people screened.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/3ftfwxbs  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Immigration personnel faced considerable challenges,

00:03detaining over 100 undocumented migrants

00:06during a midnight operation on Saturday

00:08in a remote village in Sabah's Ranau district,

00:11about 100 km from Kota Kinabalu.

00:14The 52-member team took nearly an hour to reach Kampung Lutut

00:17via a hilly dirt road accessible only by four-wheel drive vehicles,

00:21crossing three tributaries along the way.

00:24Upon arrival, some migrants attempted to flee, prompting a chase.

00:28Limited telecommunication access complicated coordination efforts.

00:31Sabah Immigration Director Datuk Sharifah Siti Saleha Habib Yusof

00:35reported that of the 220 individuals screened,

00:38145 were detained, including 62 men, 33 women,

00:44and 50 children from the Philippines and Indonesia,

00:47aged from three months to 62 years.

00:50Offenses included lack of personal documents,

00:53overstaying and harboring undocumented migrants

00:56with one Malaysian citizen suspected but not yet detained.

01:00The detainees will be held at the Kota Kinabalu Immigration Depot

01:04for further investigation.

01:06Siti Saleha emphasized that operations to detect,

01:09arrest and deport foreigners violating immigration laws will continue.

01:14The department reminded the public and employers

01:17that harboring undocumented migrants is illegal,

01:20urging anyone with information on their whereabouts to assist the authorities.

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