Midnight swoops on illegal immigrants set to go ahead

Mustafar (right) speaking to employers and foreign workers at the Immigration Department in Putrajaya on Friday.

PUTRAJAYA: The Immigration Department will conduct an immediate enforcement operation at the stroke of midnight to catch illegal immigrants, following the E-Kad (enforcement card) registration deadline.

During a check on the final day of the registration at the department’s headquarters here on Friday, Immigration director-general Datuk Seri Mustafar Ali expressed his frustration at the “last minute culture” by employers of foreign workers.