InfoSAWIT, SHAH ALAM – The Government of Malaysia did raid an illegal community in Shah Alam, Selangor, Sunday (18/2/2024). Many Indonesian people stayed there.
Malaysia Immigration Department successfully arrested 132 illegal immigrants in the operation. From the numbers, there were 130 Indonesian people. They consisted of 76 men, 41 women, and 13 children including a nine month – old – infant. While the rests were Bangladesh.
The illegal community was in palm oil plantations in Setia Alam. Vice General Director (Operational) Immigration Malaysia, Jafri Embok Taha said that the intelligent report and people’s complaint, the illegal community has been existing for the past four years and the electricity does exist there.
Jafri thought, the illegal immigrants might rent the region from the local citizens that also provided electricity in the community. The illegal men paid about 6.000 ringgit Malaysia per month on a 0,6 hectare – area. The raid was running late at night or started at 02.38 in the morning.
"In the illegal community, there were groceries, places to get food, to worship. Many foreigners work as cleaning services, restaurant waiters, and building workers around where they lived,” Jefri said, as InfoSAWIT quoted from Bernama.
During the operation, some illegal men tried to go way by climbing the roof and even locked up themselves in their houses so that the officers would not arrest them. It also involved 220 personals from many instances, including from general operational force and National Registration Department. The case is now investigated according to Immigration Law 1959/63.
Jafri also told that every Indonesian people arrested in the raid, has no legal documents but stayed for too long in Malaysia. The land owner would also be investigated according to every available regulation.
He also warned the people and stakeholders not to accept illegal immigrants because they would face the laws. This reflected the challenges that many countries face with illegal immigrants and law enforcement in the borders. (T2)
