Foreigners, local couple detained in Brickfields over immigration offences


KUALA LUMPUR: The Immigration Department detained 15 foreigners and a local couple in an integrated operation targeting retail and restaurant outlets suspected of employing undocumented workers in Brickfields on Wednesday (April 16) night.

Kuala Lumpur immigration director Wan Mohammed Saupee Wan Yusoff said 47 individuals were inspected during the operation, which began at 9pm, resulting in the arrest of 13 Bangladeshi men and two Pakistani men, aged between 20 and 50.

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