JOHOR BARU: Thirty-four foreigners have been detained by the Immigration Department for working illegally at a medical centre here.
Johor Immigration director Datuk Mohd Rusdi Mohd Darus said the raid, carried out under Ops Selera and Ops Kutip on August 20, followed public complaints about foreigners working and living in the country without valid documents.
“A total of 120 foreigners and locals were inspected in the operation. Those detained included 18 Indonesian men, 11 Indonesian women, two Filipino men and one Filipino woman, aged 19 to 50,” he said in a statement on Thursday (August 21).
A local man and woman, both managers of the premises, were also arrested.
Mohd Rusdi said the foreigners were detained under Section 6(1)(c) of the Immigration Act 1959/63 for entering and staying in Malaysia without a valid pass or permit, Section 15(1)(c) for overstaying, and Regulation 11(7)(a) of the Immigration Regulations 1963 for misusing their social visit passes.
They also breached Regulation 39(b) of the Immigration Regulations 1963 for violating pass conditions.
The two locals were detained under Section 56(1)(d) of the Immigration Act 1959/63 for harbouring foreigners.
“All detainees have been sent to the Setia Tropika Immigration Depot for further investigation and action,” he said.
