UNB, Kuantan :
Police detained 80 illegal immigrants, believed to have been working at a construction site in Cameron Highlands here, during two separate raids on two houses in Tringkap and Blue Valley, Kampung Raja on Wednesday.
Cameron Highlands district police chief DSP Wan Mohd Zahari Wan Busu said all the illegal Bangladeshi immigrants, aged between 20 and 50, were held during the operation, reports Malaysia’s official news agency Bernama.
“Preliminary investigation revealed that they are believed to have overstayed in this country and were also found working at the construction site without valid permit and document,” Wan Busu told the news agency.
