bdnews24.com :
Malaysian police have detained 27 Bangladeshi ‘illegal immigrants’, who reportedly paid around Tk 300,000 (RM15,000) each for jobs in the Southeast Asian country, on charge of intrusion.
A report on Malaysia’s The Star Online – http://www.thestar.com.my – said on Thursday the men were jobless and had been getting only a daily meal of water and ‘roti canai’ and a cold hard floor to sleep on for over a month. Three Malaysians, suspected to be members of a human trafficking syndicate, have also been arrested on charges of their involvement in the incident, it says.
The report says the Bangladeshis arrived in Malaysia through Kuala Lumpur International Airport on Feb 2, from where their agent took them to Shah Alam City. However, the group was rejected by
the factory because of immigration issues.
They were then transported to Johor Baru where they were again rejected, it adds. The Bangladeshis arrived in Penang on Monday when police were tipped off. Penang police chief Abdul Ghafar Rajab said 17 of the foreigners were found when law enforcers stormed a two-storey industrial building in Taman Desa Murni.
Malaysian police have detained 27 Bangladeshi ‘illegal immigrants’, who reportedly paid around Tk 300,000 (RM15,000) each for jobs in the Southeast Asian country, on charge of intrusion.
A report on Malaysia’s The Star Online – http://www.thestar.com.my – said on Thursday the men were jobless and had been getting only a daily meal of water and ‘roti canai’ and a cold hard floor to sleep on for over a month. Three Malaysians, suspected to be members of a human trafficking syndicate, have also been arrested on charges of their involvement in the incident, it says.
The report says the Bangladeshis arrived in Malaysia through Kuala Lumpur International Airport on Feb 2, from where their agent took them to Shah Alam City. However, the group was rejected by
the factory because of immigration issues.
They were then transported to Johor Baru where they were again rejected, it adds. The Bangladeshis arrived in Penang on Monday when police were tipped off. Penang police chief Abdul Ghafar Rajab said 17 of the foreigners were found when law enforcers stormed a two-storey industrial building in Taman Desa Murni.
