1,005 employers detained for migrant offences this year
Immigration director-general Datuk Zakaria Shaaban ( pic ) said the arrests involved employers from various sectors, including restaurants, factories and retail shops, with most of them being locals found sheltering foreign nationals without valid documents.
'As of July, we've achieved 70% of our Key Performance Indicator (KPI) and I'm confident we'll exceed our target by year-end,' he told reporters at the IMI KL Run and Customer Engagement Day held here yesterday, Bernama reported.
Also present was Kuala Lumpur Immigration director Wan Mohammed Saupee Wan Yusoff.
During the same period, the department conducted 6,913 nationwide operations, screening 97,322 foreign nationals and arresting 26,320 individuals for suspected immigration offences.
Zakaria said enforcement would continue to be intensified, with no compromise on undocumented migrants. Over 200 hotspots are being monitored.
He added that public outreach events like the IMI KL Run programme, which drew over 800 participants, would be continued to strengthen public engagement.
The programme had two categories, namely five kilometres and 10km, around the Kuala Lumpur Immigration Office.
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