238 undocumented migrants held in Sandakan raids


Undocumented migrants are escorted onto an immigration enforcement truck following a raid in Sandakan.

KOTA KINABALU: An immigration crackdown in Sandakan saw 238 undocumented migrants detained within 12 hours during large-scale integrated operations early Wednesday (June 4).

The operations, codenamed Ops Sapu and Ops Mahir, targeted squatter settlements, construction sites and wood-processing factories.

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