‘Huddled masses’ of illegals nabbed in raid


Rounded up: Immigration officers arresting an illegal during the predawn raid in Cheras. — Bernama

KUALA LUMPUR: Immigration personnel hauled illegal immigrants out of cupboards and even refuse bins in a predawn raid that saw 425 people rounded up.

The undocumented foreigners were holed up in several units of an apartment block in Cheras when raiding officers stormed the place, following investigations and two weeks of surveillance, said Kuala Lumpur Immigration director Syamsul Bahrin Mohshin.

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