Over 500 foreigners rounded up at market


SERDANG: An attempt by two Bangladeshi men, who had been hiding in a drain for two hours, to avoid arrest failed when they were caught in an operation by the Immigration Department at the Selangor Wholesale Market in Seri Kembangan here.

Selangor Immigration director Khairrul Aminus Kamaruddin, who participated in the operation, said 530 foreigners, among them 26 women, were rounded up during the operation early yesterday.

“They comprised 277 people from Myanmar, Bangladesh (94), India (72), Indonesia (39), Nepal (15), Sri Lanka (nine), Pakistan (six) and one from Vietnam,” he told a press conference after the operation, which started at 3am, Bernama reported.

The operation ended at 6am and the number of those arrested had yet to be finalised as the authorities were still checking the documents of the foreigners concerned when the press conference was held.

According to Khairrul Aminus, the foreigners will be checked to ensure they have valid documents to be in the country.

The operation also involved the General Operations Force, police, Civil Defence Force, Selangor National Registration Department, and Subang City Council.

Meanwhile, Subang Jaya mayor Datuk Mohd Fauzi Mohd Yatim said the city council had detected 10 business licences issued to locals being sold to foreigners.

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