KUALA LUMPUR: Several hundred illegals were found on-the-spot to be carrying forged work permits or had overstayed their visas by Immigration Department enforcement officers using a new hand-held reader.
Introduced in March this year, the Mobile Immigration Enforcement System (MIES) enabled officers to immediately check the validity of the foreign workers’ passports and visas during raids.
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