SEREMBAN – A total of 80 undocumented migrants were detained in raids by the Negri Sembilan Immigration Department on 19 premises around Seremban, Nilai and Port Dickson from Tuesday till yesterday.
Its director, Kennith Tan Ai Kiang, said 15 Bangladeshi men, 31 Indonesian men and 19 Indonesian women, a Sri Lankan woman, two Indian men, nine Myanmar men and one Myanmar woman, along with two Thai men, were detained and sent to the Lenggeng Immigration Depot for further investigation.
“The operation involved 17 officers and 161 individuals were checked,” he said in a statement here today.
The 80 detainees were held for various offences under Sections 6(1)(c) and 15(1)(c) of the Immigration Act 1959/63, as well as Regulation 39(b) of the Immigration Regulations 1963.
He added that the department had issued eight summons to employers and premises caretakers to show up at the department to assist in investigations. – January 5, 2024