78 rounded up in Tawau op
Published on: Tuesday, April 26, 2016
Tawau: A total of 78 people were rounded up in a four-hour Ops Bersepadu Esscom focused on construction site workers at Air Panas and Megah Jaya 9, Mile 3 Jalan Apas here, on Monday. District Immigration Department Officer-In-Chief, Noraini Rasi said nine people were detained for further investigations after they failed to produce legal documents. Stay up-to-date by following Daily Express’s Telegram channel.
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"They comprised seven men and two women, aged between 19 and 54," she said, adding that four are Indonesians and the rest Filipinos.
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The operation which ended at noon, involved 33 officers and personnel from 10 enforcement agencies and departments namely the police, General Operations Force, Labour Department, Tawau Municipal Council, Road Transport Department, Customs, Sabah Ports, Ministry of Trade, Co-operatives and Consumerism as well as the National Registration Department.