CHEAP RENT ATTRACTING ILLEGALS
TAMAN Pandan Mewah, Ampang, residents are frustrated about the rising number of undocumented foreigners living in their area.
They claimed these undocumented foreigners were causing social problems and posed safety concerns.
Taman Pandan Mewah resident Shaharuddin Ismail said: “Some of them come home drunk from work and disturb residents.
“We are concerned about the safety of our children.”
He said some of the foreigners, who were working at nearby factories, were also setting up small businesses.
“Some of them operate foodstalls by the pavement of the flats.
“They also use abandoned cars in the parking lots as their storage place, which in turn attracts rodents,” he said.
For the past 17 years, he said he had observed an influx of undocumented foreigners into in the location due to the cheap rent.
“There are a few factories nearby where they work, so it explains why they are living here,” Shahraruddin said.
He claimed that some of them were refugees from Myanmar with United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees refugee cards, but had started small businesses without permits and would flash the cards during raids by the authorities.
He said residents had urged the authorities to take action against such people, but to no avail.