SHAH ALAM (Bernama): A 15-year-old girl was among 35 illegal immigrants who were detained for various offences in an operations by the Selangor Immigration Department at an entertainment centre in Petaling Jaya near here yesterday (April 30).
Selangor Immigration director Mohamad Shukri Nawi said the operations, which began at 11pm, targeted the entertainment centre that was believed to have provided “immoral services” to its customers.
He said all those who were detained were of various nationalities, aged between 15 and 40, and were detained under the Immigration Act 1959/63.
“They comprised 18 Vietnamese nationals, four Indonesians, two from Thailand, three from Myanmar, one from China and seven from Bangladesh, and of these, nine were men while 26 were women, including a girl.
“From initial investigations, we believe all the women, including the girl, were working as guest relations officers (GROs) at the entertainment centre,” he said in a statement here Wednesday (May 1). – Bernama
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