KUALA LUMPUR, July 13 — The Kuala Lumpur Immigration Department detained 40 illegal immigrants in a luxury apartment in Brickfields during a four-hour operation which ended at 4am today.
Its director Wan Mohammed Saupee Wan Yusoff said 25 Indian nationals, 10 Sri Lankans, two Pakistanis, two Bangladeshis and one Myanmar citizen, aged between three and 61, were detained in the raid.
“They are suspected of various offences, including not possessing a passport or permit to stay in Malaysia, holding expired passports and overstaying," he said in a statement.
Each apartment unit involved in the raid is rented for over RM2,000 per month and is occupied by eight foreigners, mostly employed in the construction and food sectors.
All the detainees have been transferred to the Bukit Jalil Immigration Depot for further investigation under the Immigration Act 1959/63.
— Bernama
