GEORGE TOWN: Sixty-four illegal foreign workers, including 10 women, were rounded up at two construction sites in Relau and Bayan Baru.
Penang Immigration Department enforcement officer Abdul Rahman Hassan said the operation, codenamed Ops Sepadu, was carried out after the extended deadline for phase two of the 6P programme ended on Tuesday.
“Those arrested comprised 21 Bangladeshis, 36 Indonesians and seven Myanmar nationals. They have been sent to the Juru detention camp in Bukit Mertajam for violating their social visit passes by overstaying.
Midnight operation: Immigration enforcement officers rounding up the illegal foreign workers at the construction site in Bayan Baru last night.“More than 350 foreign workers, aged between 18 and 40, were screened during the four-hour raid, which started at midnight,” he told reporters at the scene yesterday.
Abdul Rahman said the foreign workers, who were sound asleep in their quarters, were surprised when the team entered the construction sites.
He added that some of them tried to flee but were apprehended after a short chase.
“A total of 76 personnel including 30 from Rela took part in the operation.
“We will be conducting more such operations from time to time,” he said.
A 24-year-old woman from Jitra, Kedah, who was found staying with her Indonesian boyfriend in one of the quarters, was spotted crying when she was questioned by a Rela personnel.
Her family members were later contacted to pick her up.
Source : TheStar
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