Malaysian authorities have detained 81 illegal immigrants, including 33 Bangladeshis, in the first joint enforcement drive by the Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) and 11 other government agencies.
The illegal immigrants were held on June 21 from the construction sites in the Kuala Lumpur Federal Territory, namely, Sri Hartamas, Cheras and Sentul, said Federal Territory Immigration Department (enforcement) Assistant Director James Musa Singa.
Of the other detainees, 41 were from Indonesia, three from Myanmar, two from Pakistan and one each from India and Sri Lanka, reports Malaysian official news agency Bernama.
"The number of illegal immigrants nabbed could have been higher if we had intelligence on the areas earlier," he told reporters.
Among the departments involved were the Malaysian Immigration Department, Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission and Department of Environment.
Kuala Lumpur Federal Territory CIDB Assistant Director Nur Iskandar Zulkefli said four notices of notifications were issued to sub-contractors for not having certificates of registration.
A fine of RM 50,000 would be imposed and the construction works could be stopped, he said.
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