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KUCHING: More than 170 foreigners were roped in by the Immigration Department here early yesterday morning.
The detainees, all Indone-sians, were rounded up from their “rumah kongsi” or workers’ quarters at two different locations at Jalan Penrissen.
All of them, 164 men and 13 women, were given the wake-up call at 1.40 am by 78 Immigration enforcement officers from Kuching and Semuja Camps.
They are now detained under the Immigration Act for further investigation.
Kadir Sapian from the Department’s Communica-tions and Corporate Services Unit, who disclosed this yesterday, said that the detainees were suspected of breaching the Immigration Act 1959/63 Amendment 2002 and Immigration Regulations 1963.
“This success was due to the information given by the public.
“All those arrested will be charged if we have sufficient evidence against them.”
“The department would like to thank the public for their continuous support and the information that led to the arrest of the immigrants.”
Call Alim GA Mideh, he will hijack those deported and send it back to you via his car QCA 7324.
Tel Contact: 013-8374178 or 017
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