Luck runs out for illegal foreign workers at mall

Round-up: Illegal foreign workers detained during an Immigration Department raid at a mall in Penang being led away by enforcement officers.

GEORGE TOWN: They thought they were safe from the watchful eyes of the authorities by working in a mall but their luck ran out when Immigration officers launched a raid.

Fifty-eight foreigners who worked as cooks and waiters at the mall’s food court were detained in the operation conducted by 90 enforcement officers yesterday.