BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN: The Immigration and National Registration Department recently conducted three enforcement operations under the Panyap initiative targeting various locations, resulting in the detention of seven foreign nationals for suspected immigration offences.
In Operation Panyap 55/2025, two foreigners were detained in Berakas ‘A’ and Sengkurong. One was found overstaying, while another was allegedly working for an unauthorised employer.
Operation Panyap 56/2025 in Kilanas saw two out of six foreigners inspected taken into custody — one for re-entering Brunei after legal deportation and another for failing to present valid documents.
Meanwhile, Operation Panyap 57/2025 focused on fish cages along the Brunei River in Kota Batu, where one of three foreigners inspected was detained for working in a position not stated in his passport.
The department also reported a prosecution case involving a 45-year-old Malaysian man, Huong Yew Siong, who was sentenced to four months in prison and three strokes of the cane for entering and staying in the country without a valid immigration pass and for failing to present his passport at entry. The case was transferred from the Royal Brunei Police Force’s Kuala Belait branch. - Borneo Bulletin/ANN
