12 undocumented migrants held in factory raid


BUKIT MERTAJAM: The Penang Immigration Department detained 12 undocumented migrants, including seven women, during a raid at a uniform factory in Taman Industri Impian Alma here on Monday (Feb 19).

Department director Nur Zulfa Ibrahim said in the two-hour operation beginning 10.30am, a total of 130 people, aged between 20 and 40, from Myanmar, Bangladesh, Nepal, Indonesia and China were inspected.

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