KUALA TERENGGANU: More than 57,000 undocumented migrants have been detained in 9,700 operations nationwide from Jan 1 to Sept 17, says Immigration Department deputy director-general (Operations) Datuk Lokman Effendi Ramli (pic).
He said 1,720 employers were also prosecuted for violations of the Immigration Act 1959/63 during the same period.
"Prosecution is not limited to foreign nationals, but also employers who violate regulations and the law," he said after an integrated operation, Ops Mega, at the Sri Kolam Flats here early Monday (Sept 21).
"I would also like to remind those with information or aware of the presence of foreign nationals to report to us officially. Do not act on your own.
"Provide us with complete information to enable the authorities to carry out their duties accordingly,."
Lokman Effendi said the department, in collaboration with the National Security Council (MKN) and the Civil Defence Force (APM) of Terengganu, inspected 133 foreign nationals and detained 19 illegal immigrants under Ops Mega today.
He said those detained comprised a Bangladeshi man, 14 Myanmar nationals and four Indonesians, all aged between one month and 50 years.
"It was learned that seven Myanmar women, including the mother of the infant, had just entered the country through unauthorised agents to be with their husbands who are already here," he said. – Bernama
