KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 46 individuals were detained for various offences involving work permits in an operation dubbed Operasi Noda in Plaza Puchong, Cheras, Kuala Lumpur, today.
Cheras police chief, Assistant Commissioner Ravindar Singh Sarban Singh, said they acted on information about an entertainment centre believed to have been employing foreign workers without valid work permits.
"Forty-five foreign nationals and one local man were arrested in the operation that was conducted at 12.10am at an entertainment premises at the plaza.
"A team from the Cheras district police headquarters' Criminal Investigation Division, along with the Serious Crimes Division of the Kuala Lumpur police headquarters conducted the raid," he said.
Ravindar said the suspects, aged between 19 and 51 years old, had committed various offences, including employing foreign workers without valid work permits, working without valid work permits, and violating the terms of their social visit passes.
"The team also seized four pieces of paper, believed to be their work schedules," he added.
The case is being investigated under Section 39(b) of the Immigration Regulations 1963, Section 55B of the Immigration Act 1959/63, and Section 6(1)(c) of the Immigration Act 1959/63.
"Anyone with information on illegal activities can contact the Cheras police hotline at 03-9284 5050/5051, the Kuala Lumpur police hotline at 03-2115 9999, or the nearest police station," he added.