KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 2 — The Immigration Department detained 69 Indonesian illegal immigrants in a raid on a squatter settlement in Kampung Pantai Dalam here early this morning.
Immigration deputy director-general (operations) Jafri Embok Taha said the raid was conducted following a week of intelligence gathering and a public tip-off.
Jafri said the detainees, aged between two and 70, comprised 45 men, 23 women, and a boy.
“They were detained for various offences under the Immigration Act 1959/63, the Passport Act 1966, and the Immigration Regulations 1963, such as overstaying and not possessing valid travel documents.
“During the raid, we also issued a summons to a local man who lives in the settlement area for allegedly protecting illegal immigrants by allowing them to stay in his house,” he told reporters after the operation.
