Illegal foreign workers nabbed at shopping carnival

Hauled up: Muhamad Husni (standing, left) and Penang Immigration department operations chief Izham Idris (standing, third from left) with the detained foreigners during the raid in Seberang Jaya.

BUTTERWORTH: The Penang Immigration department detained 28 foreigners said to be working illegally during a five-day carnival at the SP Arena in Seberang Jaya.

Acting on a tip-off, its director Muhamad Husni Mahmud said the men were picked up at the Wonders Indian Shopping Carnival 2019, which ended yesterday.