Over 500 foreigners have been detained for questioning for various immigration offences during a joint raid by several government agencies at the flats located at Jalan Sultan Abdul Samad 38, Bandar Sultan Suleiman, Klang on Sunday (June 23) evening.
Selangor Immigration Director Khairrul Aminus Kamaruddin said the operation was conducted after a three months surveillance at the location following complaints from the local residents on social media.
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Selangor Immigration Director Khairrul Aminus Kamaruddin said the operation was conducted after a three months surveillance at the location following complaints from the local residents on social media.
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00:00RUN! RUN!
00:17Today is June 23rd, 2024, Sunday.
00:21The Malaysian Immigration Department in Selangor...
00:23...has conducted another series of immigration check-ups.
00:27This time, we are doing it together...
00:29...with the involvement of various government agencies.
00:33As you all know...
00:35...this area is always a hot topic.
00:39It's viral on TikTok, Facebook.
00:41If we pay attention...
00:43...when will the government agencies go?
00:45All the residents here are complaining about it.
00:47If you pay attention...
00:49...usually on Sundays like this...
00:51...it will be lively.
00:52Why?
00:53At 5 o'clock, the market will start.
00:55As you saw earlier...
00:56...this is the market on Sundays.
00:58It's called Pasar Minggu.
00:59Most of the foreigners...
01:01...we call it a party...
01:03...they will buy food...
01:06...vegetables, dishes...
01:08...in the evening like this.
01:09On the side of the shop...
01:11...I noticed there are a lot of Myanmar people.
01:13Myanmar citizens.
01:14You can see their faces.
01:16On this side...
01:17...mostly we notice...
01:19...Bangladeshis, Nepalese...
01:21...mostly.
01:22The perimeter of the area...
01:25...is 300m x 200m.
01:28There are 4 zones here.
01:30Zone A.
01:31The premises of the shop.
01:33The shop behind me.
01:36Zone B.
01:37The playground on our right.
01:39On my right.
01:40The football field.
01:41Zone C.
01:42The premises of the shop.
01:43And lastly, Zone D.
01:44Also the premises of the shop.
01:46Because there are a lot of tourists here.
01:48The rice we make...
01:50...is not new.
01:51It's been a long time.
01:52About 3 months ago...
01:54...there were a lot of foreigners in this area.
01:56They were found guilty of...
01:58...immigration.
02:00If we pay attention...
02:01...where's the passport?
02:02It's empty.
02:03This is an example of an Indonesian citizen.
02:06An Indonesian citizen.
02:07If we're wrong...
02:08...the passport is empty.
02:09There's nothing in here.
02:10Empty.
02:11Empty means...
02:12...this is a crime under the Immigration Act...
02:14...under Section 6.1c.
02:16Okay?
02:17Because they don't have a permit...
02:19...or a valid passport to stay in this country.
02:23This is another crime...
02:25...under Section 15.1c...
02:27...the Immigration Act.
02:28That is...
02:29...the crime of staying longer.
02:30If we pay attention here...
02:31...he should have stayed here...
02:34...January 27, 2024.
02:37Now it's June.
02:39June.
02:40And he stayed longer than 5 months.
02:41He should have taken the opportunity to return.
02:44Under our return program.
02:47This is also a case of overstay.
02:48And there are also cases...
02:50...where I checked all the shops...
02:53...most of them have committed a crime...
02:56...under Section 39b...
02:59...the Immigration Act...
03:00...which is a violation of the passport.
03:02For example...
03:03...he should have worked as a construction worker...
03:05...but he was working as a cashier at a grocery store.
03:09That is a crime under the Immigration Act.
03:12All of them will be taken to the office.
03:15To our office.
03:16It was estimated how much our budget.
03:19I think it's more than RM500.
03:21It's simple.
03:22The calculation is not done yet.
03:23But we will take all of them to the office...
03:25...for further screening and action.
03:27Those who have passports...
03:29...and valid documents...
03:30...they will be released.
03:33But tomorrow.
03:34After the documentation process.
03:36Because I am sure...
03:37...of the RM500 that we caught and detained today...
03:41...I am sure not all of them committed a crime.
03:45Because the passports were seized by the employers.
03:48Sir, according to you...
03:49...when was the complaint made by the residents here?
03:52From Sikan.
03:53Yes.
03:54The complaint is usually from the residents themselves.
03:57The second one is from social media.
03:59The fastest way to file a complaint on social media...
04:01...is through TikTok.
04:03They said it was last night or on Sunday.
04:05Now we got it a long time ago.
04:06They said they wanted to gather...
04:08...their members and coordinate with other PGA agencies.
04:12That's why we chose today.
04:13Was the complaint made within a year?
04:15No, not even a year.
04:17Was it done by the employers?
04:19As I said earlier...
04:22...not all of them committed a crime.
04:24In the morning...
04:26...there will be a blue bus...
04:28...that will pick them up.
04:30For me, that's the right thing to do.
04:32They are holding the passports.
04:35That's the right thing to do.
04:36That's not a crime.
04:37As long as they hold the passports...
04:39...legally, we will release them.
04:41That's not a crime.
04:42So they didn't commit a crime?
04:44That's what I noticed earlier.
04:45Were there any foreigners who committed a crime?
04:48As far as I can see, no.
04:49If we look at the evening market earlier...
04:52...most of them were Malaysians.
04:54Malaysians who committed a crime.
04:55And to conduct the investigation...
04:57...we brought KPDN...
05:02...and MPDG.
05:05According to the complaint...
05:07...what is the problem that they often do?
05:12They are usually annoyed.
05:14That's right.
05:16They will be annoyed.
05:17For me, if there are many foreigners here...
05:20...I will be annoyed.
05:21Secondly, in terms of crime...
05:23...most of the people who work here...
05:25...I don't think they will dare...
05:27...to disturb the people here.
05:29That's the complaint I received.
05:31Are there any social problems?
05:33So far, we haven't heard any complaints like that.
05:35That's all.
05:37If you look at Facebook...
05:39...when will you go to Bandar Sulaiman?
05:41That's all they ask of us.
05:43So today, we have achieved our goal.
05:45Okay?
05:46And if we don't stop today...
05:48...I'm sure in a month or two...
05:51...we will go again.
05:53We will not stop here.
05:55We will continue.
05:56And I hope we will continue to work with the media.
05:59Whatever figures, statistics, numbers...
06:01...we have to be patient.
06:03There are a lot of people here.
06:04We have to count them first.
06:06Don't look at me like that.
06:08You're the one who was examined.
06:10Yes, I was examined.
06:12That's why I was examined first.