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Free Malaysia Today
17 hours ago
- Free Malaysia Today
171 foreigners arrested in immigration raid at Jalan Masjid India
Immigration department enforcement director Basri Othman said 758 people, including 254 locals, were questioned during the operation. (Bernama pic) KUALA LUMPUR : The immigration department arrested 171 foreign nationals in a one-hour enforcement operation around the Jalan Masjid India area, here, today. Immigration department enforcement director Basri Othman said the operation, which began at noon, saw 160 officers questioning 758 individuals, including 254 locals. They also inspected 14 business premises. Those arrested were from India, Bangladesh and Indonesia, and aged between 20 and 50 years old. Basri said they were detained for various immigration violations such as overstaying, violating visa conditions, and not possessing identification documents. He also revealed that some foreigners attempted to disguise themselves as customers to avoid detection, but their efforts were thwarted by the enforcement officers. 'Our officers were in the area from 10am to distinguish between the foreign workers and genuine customers,' he added. All the detainees were taken to the temporary immigration depot in Beranang, Selangor. The immigration department conducted a similar raid in the Jalan Masjid India area on Feb 15.
Malay Mail
19 hours ago
- Malay Mail
Dozens held in Jalan Masjid India Immigration raid — some tried to evade arrest as shoppers
KUALA LUMPUR, July 29 — The Immigration Department of Malaysia (JIM) arrested 171 foreign nationals in a one-hour enforcement operation around Jalan Masjid India here today. JIM Enforcement director Basri Othman, said the operation, which began at noon, saw 160 officers questioning 758 individuals, including 254 locals, and inspecting 14 business premises. 'Those arrested, hailing from India, Bangladesh, and Indonesia, aged between 20 and 50, were detained for various immigration violations, including the lack of identification, overstaying, and violating visa conditions,' he said, adding that the cases are being investigated under the Immigration Act 1959/63. Basri also revealed that some foreigners attempted to disguise themselves as customers to avoid detection, but their efforts were thwarted. 'Our officers were in the area from 10 am to distinguish between foreign workers and genuine customers,' he added. All detainees have been taken to the Millenium temporary immigration depot in Beranang, Selangor. This operation marks the second enforcement effort in the area, following a similar raid on Feb 15. 'JIM intends to continue these operations to strengthen enforcement and ensure compliance by both employers and foreign workers,' Basri said. — Bernama
Malay Mail
19 hours ago
- Malay Mail
Dozens held in Jalan Masjid India immigration raid — some tried to evade arrest as shoppers, say authorities
KUALA LUMPUR, July 29 — The Immigration Department of Malaysia (JIM) arrested 171 foreign nationals in a one-hour enforcement operation around Jalan Masjid India here today. JIM Enforcement director Basri Othman, said the operation, which began at noon, saw 160 officers questioning 758 individuals, including 254 locals, and inspecting 14 business premises. 'Those arrested, hailing from India, Bangladesh, and Indonesia, aged between 20 and 50, were detained for various immigration violations, including the lack of identification, overstaying, and violating visa conditions,' he said, adding that the cases are being investigated under the Immigration Act 1959/63. Basri also revealed that some foreigners attempted to disguise themselves as customers to avoid detection, but their efforts were thwarted. 'Our officers were in the area from 10 am to distinguish between foreign workers and genuine customers,' he added. All detainees have been taken to the Millenium temporary immigration depot in Beranang, Selangor. This operation marks the second enforcement effort in the area, following a similar raid on Feb 15. 'JIM intends to continue these operations to strengthen enforcement and ensure compliance by both employers and foreign workers,' Basri said. — Bernama
Reuters
20 hours ago
- Business
- Reuters
UK regulator proposes $84 million penalty against Anglian Water
July 29 (Reuters) - British water regulator Ofwat proposed on Tuesday a 62.8 million pound ($83.9 million) enforcement package on water utility Anglian Water, to be paid by the company and its shareholders, over failures to maintain its wastewater treatment network. "Our investigation has found failures in how Anglian Water has operated and maintained its sewage works and networks, which has resulted in excessive spills from storm overflows. This is a serious breach and is unacceptable," Lynn Parker, senior director for enforcement at Ofwat, said in a statement. ($1 = 0.7490 pounds)
Yahoo
a day ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Tariff evaders may face criminal charges under Trump's DOJ
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) plans to crack down on companies evading tariffs. Yahoo Finance Senior Legal Reporter Alexis Keenan outlines what we know. To watch more expert insights and analysis on the latest market action, check out more Market Domination Overtime here. Companies trying to find a workaround on tariffs should be careful as the Department of Justice plans for a push to prosecute tariff evasion. For more, let's get to Yahoo Finance's Alexis Keenan. Alexis? Hey, Josh. I've been talking to lawyers to find out if their clients, their business clients are, uh, a little bit worried about this new effort by the Justice Department. What they're doing is they're stepping up enforcement efforts for tariff evasion and putting criminal prosecution on the table. Now, that's a real shift, uh, that's now part of the broader Trump administration tariff agenda, and it's different because past administrations, including Trump's first administration, the route to prosecute, to go after tariff evaders, that was usually done on the adminis- administrative level, uh, not really so much in the criminal realm, except for very, very serious offenses. Now, they tended to focus on keeping the, uh, controlled exports, controlled, uh, goods out of the reach of, uh, US adversaries like Iran and China and North Korea. That was really the focus on the criminal realm in the past. But this new plan really is putting scrutiny on all types of importers, and that could be really a big headache for some of the smaller and mid-sized businesses. Trade attorneys can run, uh, somewhere around the range of $1,100 an hour. So not really a workable budget for a lot of companies. And also, the stakes for a criminal conviction, they're high. They include jail time. They have steep fines, especially for intentional invasion. Uh, that can include forfeiture of an entire, uh, imported or exported product. Now, the DOJ is really has its work cut out for it here, um, because there has been problems in the past with China and, uh, highly tariff nations nations trying to avoid these tariffs. But now, when there are much steeper and broader tariffs across the board, those incentives, right, they shoot up. So the DOJ definitely, uh, whether it's going to have enough staff to prosecute the way that it envisions, we have yet to see. Uh, some of the common, uh, tariff evasion tactics are things like misclassifying goods and falsely claiming a country of origin. Um, but we'll have to wait a little bit to see how this all plays out, but this is definitely a larger push. And the attorneys that I've been talking to say, uh, that these clients should really be getting their ducks in a row and reassessing their risk to make sure they have their products classified accurately, Josh. Alexis, thank you. Appreciate it. Related Videos Jobs data: Why this expert expects a weakening labor market Boeing Q2 earnings preview: Tariffs & Air India crash in focus Why consumer stocks are falling out of favor on Wall Street Tesla's declining Q2 car sales sparks sell-off: Chart of the Day Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
