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The Melaka Immigration Department detained 39 undocumented migrants, including three women, in separate raids around Klebang and Batu Berendam here early this morning. IStock.com pic via AFP
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MELAKA, April 17 The Melaka Immigration Department detained 39 undocumented migrants, including three women, in separate raids around Klebang and Batu Berendam here early this morning.
The department’s deputy director, K. Vishnutharan said those detained, aged between 23 and 50, were from Bangladesh (22), Indonesia (nine), Pakistan (six) and Myanmar (two).
He said all of them were detained on suspicion of committing offences under the Immigration Act 1956/63 for overstaying and not having valid travel documents.
Three women among 39 illegal immigrants nabbed in Melaka 17 Apr 2021 / 19:46 H. Pix for illustration purposes.
MELAKA: The Melaka Immigration Department detained 39 illegal immigrants, including three women, in separate raids around Klebang and Batu Berendam here early this morning.
The department’s deputy director, K. Vishnutharan said those detained, aged between 23 and 50, were from Bangladesh (22), Indonesia (nine), Pakistan (six) and Myanmar (two).
He said all of them were detained on suspicion of committing offences under the Immigration Act 1956/63 for overstaying and not having valid travel documents.
“A total of 132 immigrants were screened in the first raid at a settlement for foreign workers in Pantai Klebang at 1.15 am, while another 34 of them were screened during a 4 am raid around the Batu Berendam Wholesale Market,” he said in a statement here today.