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The Sun
3 days ago
- The Sun
64 foreign workers detained in Kulim factory raids
KULIM: Sixty-four foreign workers were detained in separate raids at two factories in Padang Serai. The operation was conducted by the Kedah Immigration Department with support from other agencies. Kedah Immigration director Mohd Ridzzuan Mohd Zain said the six-hour operation began at 11 am. The first raid targeted a battery factory, where 34 workers were arrested for immigration violations. Those detained included 16 Bangladeshi men, 15 Chinese men, an Indonesian man, an Indian man, and a Myanmar woman. The workers, aged between 24 and 39, breached immigration regulations under multiple sections of the law. A second raid at a plastic processing factory led to the arrest of 30 more foreign workers. The group comprised 12 Bangladeshi men, 17 Myanmar nationals, and one Chinese man. Several workers attempted to flee but were unsuccessful as officers had secured the area. Mohd Ridzzuan warned that such operations would continue to curb illegal employment. He urged employers to comply with immigration laws to avoid legal action. - Bernama
New Straits Times
07-05-2025
- New Straits Times
Kedah Immigration Dept rounds up 64 illegal foreign workers
Zuliaty Zulkiffli ALOR STAR: The Kedah Immigration Department detained 64 illegal foreign workers, including two women, during a raid at two construction sites in Changlun and Kuala Kedah under Op Targeted Crackdown today. Its director, Mohd Ridzzuan Mohd Zain, said the detained foreign workers committed various offences, including abusing work permits, overstaying their visas and lacking identification documents. He said in the first raid in Changlun, the department inspected 25 foreign workers from Bangladesh, Myanmar and Indonesia and arrested 22 of them. "In the raid at the construction site in Kuala Kedah, we detained 39 foreign workers, including two women." Ridzzuan reminded employers using foreign workers to seek approval from the department before transferring them to other states. He said this was necessary to prevent foreign workers from being detained during inspections. "In past operations, some foreign workers had passports, but were found to be misusing their work permits. "If a worker was employed in one sector and moved to another state to work in a different sector, that individual has committed an offence and can be detained for the misuse of work permit. "Many employers have been found to be negligent, risking action under Section 55E of the Immigration Act 1959/63." He said the detained migrants were taken to the Kedah Immigration office in Anak Bukit for documentation.
