Immigration nabs over 50 illegals at Masjid India
KUALA LUMPUR: The Immigration Department crackdown on illegals continues with around 50 people arrested along Jalan Bunus, Masjid India.
Ops Mega 3.0 started around 4pm yesterday in the heart of the capital with around 60 Immigration officers targeting illegal immigrants working in the area.
The department's director-general Datuk Seri Mustafar Ali said that the raid was an ongoing effort to rid the country of all illegal immigrants.
“This is the last chance for them to surrender and return to their home countries,” he said at the raid, referring to the 3+1 amnesty programme, which ends this month.
Among those arrested were five women, while over 300 people were inspected.
Mustafar warned that large-scale operations will be conducted from Aug 31, and that there will be no extension to the deadline.
He said under the 3+1 amnesty programme, illegal immigrants are required to pay a RM300 fine and RM100 for a special pass that would allow them to go back to their respective countries but they will have to bear the transportation cost.
If they cannot afford it, their respective embassies or family members would have to cover the cost.
Since the start of the amnesty programme in 2014 to Aug 1 this year, over 840,000 illegal immigrants have been expatriated while RM400mil in compounds have been collected, he said.
Mustafar said Immigration is not waiting for Aug 31 to begin its crackdown.
The increased number of raids, around 9,208 since January this year until Aug 15, has seen the arrest of 28,063 illegal immigrants and 799 employers.