Immigration detains 1,368 illegals after Kuala Lumpur Wholesale Market raid Monday (May 11)


Immigration director-general Datuk Khairul Dzaimee Daud (left) and other Immigration officers checking the papers of one of those detained.

PETALING JAYA: A total of 1,368 illegal immigrants were arrested after a raid by the Immigration Department around the Kuala Lumpur Wholesale Market area on Monday (May 11).

Immigration director-general Datuk Khairul Dzaimee Daud said, in a statement Tuesday (May 12), that the authorities had inspected the documents of 7,551 foreigners during the operation.

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