Crackdown on security personnel leaves many worried over safety


Watching the watchmen: A security guard from Bangladesh manning a security post at a housing area in Petaling Jaya.

PETALING JAYA: A crackdown on illegal security guards by the Immigration Department is giving residents of guarded communities the jitters.

The department is coming down hard on guards who are from Indonesia, Bangladesh, India and Pakistan.

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