Kuala Lumpur: The Kuala Lumpur Immigration Department (JIM) rounded up 176 illegal immigrants during an operation carried out around Jalan Alor, Bukit Bintang, last night.
Kuala Lumpur JIM director Wan Mohammed Saupee Wan Yusoff said the operation which started at 7.15pm tonight with the cooperation of Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) was following complaints from the public and investigations.
Advertisement (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});He said from the total, 71 individuals were from Bangladesh, Myanmar (60), Indonesia (24), Nepal (16), Pakistan (three) and one each from Egypt and Sudan.
“The case is being investigated under Section 6(1)© and Section 15(1)© of the Immigration Act 1959/63 as well as Regulation 39(b) of the Immigration Regulations 1963, which involves the offence of not having valid documents and overstaying in the country.
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