Two employers sentenced with whipping for keeping illegal immigrants


  • Nation
  • Wednesday, 12 Dec 2018

KUALA LUMPUR: Two employers found guilty of harbouring illegal immigrants in the past two years have been given whipping sentences, says the Home Ministry.

Deputy Home Minister Datuk Mohd Azis Jamman (pic) told the Dewan Negara on Wednesday (Dec 12) that from 2016 until October this year, more than 40,000 operations had been carried out, with 3973 employers being arrested for various offences under the Immigration Act.

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