KUANTAN: A total of 99 foreign nationals, 85 of them women, were arrested in Immigration Department raids on entertainment premises here early Sunday (June 15).
Pahang Immigration director Nursafariza Ihsan said they were among 369 individuals rounded up in the operation that began at 1am.
She said those arrested involved Thai, Lao, Bangladeshi, Yemeni and Chinese nationals aged between 25 and 50, while most of the foreign women arrested worked as guest relations officers (GROs).
Customers would book their time through various platforms, including the WeChat application.
"Those arrested are suspected of misusing their work permits because, after checks, we found that most of them were permit holders in the construction and cleaning sectors, while some only had social visit passes,” she said when contacted.
She said those arrested were taken to the Kemayan Immigration Depot in Bera for further investigation. – Bernama
