More than 100 foreign workers nabbed for immigration offences in NYE sweep

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A late-night raid on a construction workers’ settlement in Masai, Johor, has netted some 105 foreign nationals violating immigration laws.   Read more at https://tinyurl.com/4upspc8p  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00A late-night raid on a construction worker's settlement in Masai led to the arrest of 105

00:07foreign nationals for violating immigration laws.

00:10The Johor Immigration Department's Op Sapu operation inspected 454 individuals comprising

00:17both locals and foreigners.

00:20State Director Datuk Mohamed Rusti Mohamed Darus reported that the raid, conducted at

00:271.15 a.m. on Wednesday, aimed to target migrant workers breaching the Immigration Act 1959

00:35slash 63 and the Immigration Regulations 1963.

00:42The operation was a collaborative effort involving officers from the Johor Immigration Enforcement

00:48Department and 50 officers from the Sultan Iskandar Building Office.

00:53Those detained included 20 men and four women from Indonesia, 16 men from Myanmar, one man

00:59from Pakistan, and 64 men from Bangladesh, all aged between 20 and 56.

01:06They have been placed at the Perkananas Immigration Detention Centre for further investigation

01:11and action.

01:12Mohamed Rusti stated that this operation is part of the department's broader strategy

01:17to tackle immigration violations and address the presence of undocumented migrants in the

01:22state.

01:23He emphasized the department's ongoing commitment to strict enforcement, including actions against

01:29employers, property owners, and individuals employing or harboring illegal immigrants.

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