Immigration Dept raids popular eateries, foreign workers arrested


KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 45 foreign workers were detained in a raid conducted by the Kuala Lumpur Immigration Department on eight popular Arab eateries in Bukit Bintang on Friday (April 18) night.

Its director, Wan Mohammed Saupee Wan Yusoff, said the operation, which began at 10.40 pm, resulted in the arrest of 40 men and five women, aged between 21 and 45, who were employed at the restaurants.

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