Setapak raid nabs 125 illegal immigrants


KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 125 illegal immigrants were arrested by the Malaysian Immigration Department in a raid on a 19-storey flat in Danau Kota, Setapak, early on Thursday (Sept 11).

Kuala Lumpur Immigration director Wan Mohamed Saupee Wan Yusoff said those arrested consisted of 81 men and 43 women aged between 16 and 70, and a child. They included 79 citizens of Myanmar, India (25), Pakistan (14), Indonesia (12) and Bangladesh (5).

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