KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 123 people, including 69 women, have been detained during a raid at a luxury entertainment centre in Jalan Sultan Ismail here.
The group included patrons, employees and suspected guest relations officers (GROs) and dancers from China, South Korea, Singapore, Vietnam, Thailand and Sierra Leone.
Kuala Lumpur Immigration director Wan Mohammed Saupee Wan Yusoff said the group was picked up in a three-hour operation, which began at 12.15am yesterday.
“Their offences included lack of valid documentation, misuse of permits, overstaying as well as employers harbouring and hiring undocumented migrants,” he said at the scene, Bernama reported.
The GRO services were priced between RM100 and RM5,000, while KTV room rentals ranged from RM5,000 to RM8,000.
The case is being investigated under the Immigration Act and Regulation 39(b) of the Immigration Regulations 1963.
