Maid among 12 foreign women held for working as GROs At entertainment centre
Its Enforcement Division director Basri Othman said checks revealed that the woman held a valid permit to work as a maid but had violated the terms by working as a guest relations officer (GRO) at night.
He said further inspection showed that some of the women were employed in factories, had overstayed their permits, and several did not possess any identification documents.
"In the operation at 1.30am, the women - three Indonesians, seven Thais and two Vietnamese - aged between 20 and 35, were found entertaining customers," he told reporters here.
According to him, several of the women tried to escape through the back door during the raid but were swiftly detained.
Basri said preliminary investigations found that all 12 women had been working at the premises for about six months and were being paid between RM150 and RM250 per hour.
He said the case is being investigated under the Immigration Act 1959/1963, and all those detained have been taken to the Seberang Jaya Immigration Office for further investigation before being transferred to the Jawi Immigration Detention Depot. - Bernama
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