Johor immigration nabs 27 foreign workers in food premises raids over permit offences

JOHOR BAHRU, May 10 — The Immigration Department detained 27 foreign nationals for various offences in an operation targeting food premises in the district from 3 pm yesterday.

Johor Immigration director Datuk Mohd Rusdi Mohd Darus said they comprised 18 men and six women from Myanmar, as well as one man each from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Nepal, aged between 19 and 46.

He said the operation was carried out following intelligence, surveillance and public complaints against employers found to be employing and harbouring foreign nationals without valid travel documents and work permits.

“The restaurant waiters and cooks are suspected of committing offences under the Immigration Act 1959/63 and the Immigration Regulations 1963, and have been placed at the Setia Tropika Immigration Depot for further investigation,” he said in a statement today. — Bernama