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Free Malaysia Today
15-07-2025
- Free Malaysia Today
KL immigration dept rescues 14 foreigners from sex exploitation
Kuala Lumpur immigration director Wan Saupee Wan Yusoff said the premises were believed to operate from 10am to 11pm and accepted walk-in customers. (Bernama pic) PETALING JAYA : The Kuala Lumpur branch of the immigration department rescued 14 foreign women believed to be victims of sexual exploitation in a raid on a brothel in Jalan Petaling yesterday. Kuala Lumpur immigration director Wan Saupee Wan Yusoff said the Op Pantas raid at about 1.15pm rescued victims between 18 and 36 years old, consisting of 10 Bangladeshi women, three Indians and one Indonesian. 'A victim claimed to have been 'sold' by her boyfriend after they broke up and exploited for prostitution activities. 'During the raid, several customers tried to escape as soon as they noticed the presence of the officers,' Bernama reported him as saying. Wan Saupee said the premises were believed to operate from 10am to 11pm and accepted walk-in customers. Three men, believed to be the premises' caretakers, were detained to assist in an investigation into human trafficking under Section 12 of the Anti-Trafficking in Persons and Smuggling of Migrants Act 2007. 'Also detained were 16 male customers who were in the premises during the raid, consisting of nine Nepalis, two Bangladeshis and five Myanmar nationals. 'Each customer is believed to have been charged around RM60,' he said.
Free Malaysia Today
15-07-2025
- Free Malaysia Today
1,000 employers detained for hiring, hiding undocumented migrants
Between Jan 1 and July 3, the immigration department conducted 6,913 nationwide operations and arrested 26,320 individuals, according to immigration director-general Zakaria Shaaban. (Bernama pic) KUALA LUMPUR : The immigration department has detained 1,005 employers for allegedly hiring or harbouring undocumented migrants between Jan 1 and July 3. Its director-general, Zakaria Shaaban, said the arrests involved employers from various sectors, including restaurants, factories, and retail shops, with most of them being Malaysians found sheltering foreign nationals without valid documents. 'As of July, we've achieved 70% of our Key Performance Indicators (KPI) and I'm confident we'll exceed our target by the end of the year,' he told reporters at an event here today. Present was Kuala Lumpur immigration director Wan Mohammed Saupee Wan Yusoff. Zakaria said that during the same period, the immigration department conducted 6,913 nationwide operations, screening 97,322 foreign nationals and arresting 26,320 individuals for suspected immigration offences. He said enforcement would continue to be intensified, with no compromise on undocumented migrants. The department is also monitoring more than 200 identified hotspots across the country, including those in remote and rural areas. Zakaria said public outreach events like today's programme, which drew more than 800 participants, would be continued to strengthen public engagement.
