Immigration Dept nabs 225 during raid at Johor petrochemical site

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A total of 225 individuals were detained at Johor's largest processing and construction site for petrochemical structures during a raid at Tanjung Langsat in Pasir Gudang on Tuesday (July 22).   Read more at https://tinyurl.com/yw63hz89  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00The Immigration Department detained 225 individuals, including a large number of foreign workers and two local managerial staff,

00:10during a raid on Johor's largest petrochemical material processing and structural construction site.

00:15The operation, codenamed Ops Mahir, was carried out by the Johor Immigration Department's Enforcement Unit at 11 a.m. on Tuesday

00:25at a major construction site in Tanjung Langsat, Pasir Gudang.

00:31In a statement on Thursday, Johor Immigration Director Datuk Mohamed Rusti,

00:36Mohamed Daruss said the raid followed intelligence that undocumented foreign workers were being illegally employed at the site.

00:42A total of 664 individuals were screened during the operation, with 225 detained.

00:49Those held, aged between 21 and 63, included 133 Chinese nationals, 84 Bangladeshis, 2 Indonesians, 2 Pakistanis, and 2 Nepalis.

01:02A local man and woman, identified as the project's site manager and human resources manager, were also detained.

01:10They are suspected of employing and sheltering undocumented workers allegedly active at the site for the past two to three months.

01:17The foreign nationals are being investigated under the Immigration Act 1959-63 and Immigration Regulations 1963

01:27for entering and staying without valid documents, overstaying, misusing social visit passes, and violating past conditions.

01:36The two locals are being investigated under Section 56, Subsection 1, Subsection D, of the same act for hiring or harboring undocumented workers.

01:45Six individuals have also been issued notices to assist in the investigation.

01:51Mohamed Rusti said all detainees are currently being held at the Perkan Nana's Immigration Detention Depot in Pontian for further investigation.

02:01He stressed that enforcement efforts will continue and that firm action will be taken against employers or contractors

02:08who hire or protect undocumented foreign workers with zero tolerance for such offenses.

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