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13 illegal immigrants nabbed playing football in Terengganu
State immigration director Azhar Abd Hamid says the 10 Myanmar nationals and three Bangladeshis had no valid documents.
Some of the foreigners who were rounded up by immigration officers at the Kampung Tok Jembal football field in Kuala Nerus on Friday. (Bernama pic)
KUALA TERENGGANU: The Terengganu immigration department detained 13 illegal immigrants while they were playing football at the Kampung Tok Jembal football field in Kuala Nerus on Friday.
State immigration director Azhar Abd Hamid said in the 5.30pm raid, a total of 10 Myanmar nationals and three Bangladeshi nationals, aged 20 to 55, were arrested.
“Their arrest is the result of an inspection of 59 immigrants found at the football field. All 13 illegal immigrants were arrested under Section 6(1)(c) of the Immigration Act 1959/63 (Amended 2002) for not having valid documents.
“Earlier, on the same day, we conducted a special operation, with the support of the road transport department and the police, on foreign nationals who were riding motorcycles or driving cars. We gathered them at the Terengganu JPJ Hall in Bukit Kecil.
“It is from them that we learned about a group of foreigners playing football at the Tok Jembal field,” he said in a press conference at Wisma Persekutuan here.
He added that the joint operation saw a total of six illegal immigrants arrested.
According to Azhar, the department inspected 54 foreigners and of that number, three Bangladeshi men and two Myanmar men were detained for not having valid documents, while a Cambodian man was arrested under Section 15(1)(c) of the Immigration Act 1959/63 (Amended 2002) for overstaying.
In another development, Azhar said the department detained 1,226 illegal immigrants for various offences in Terengganu last year.
“They were part of the 2,132 illegal immigrants placed at the immigration detention depot in Ajil, Hulu Terengganu, who have all been repatriated to their home countries,” he said.
Azhar added that 6,855 immigrants in Terengganu had registered under the Labour Recalibration Programme (RTK) 2.0 by 712 employers.
However, of the total, only around 50% had registered for biometric system identification, he said.
“RTK 2.0 ended on Dec 31, so we ask employers who have registered to immediately bring their employees to the immigration department for biometric system identification. If they fail to do so, we will take action, including prosecuting the employers,” he said.
KUALA TERENGGANU: The Terengganu immigration department detained 13 illegal immigrants while they were playing football at the Kampung Tok Jembal football field in Kuala Nerus on Friday.
State immigration director Azhar Abd Hamid said in the 5.30pm raid, a total of 10 Myanmar nationals and three Bangladeshi nationals, aged 20 to 55, were arrested.
“Their arrest is the result of an inspection of 59 immigrants found at the football field. All 13 illegal immigrants were arrested under Section 6(1)(c) of the Immigration Act 1959/63 (Amended 2002) for not having valid documents.
“Earlier, on the same day, we conducted a special operation, with the support of the road transport department and the police, on foreign nationals who were riding motorcycles or driving cars. We gathered them at the Terengganu JPJ Hall in Bukit Kecil.
“It is from them that we learned about a group of foreigners playing football at the Tok Jembal field,” he said in a press conference at Wisma Persekutuan here.
He added that the joint operation saw a total of six illegal immigrants arrested.
According to Azhar, the department inspected 54 foreigners and of that number, three Bangladeshi men and two Myanmar men were detained for not having valid documents, while a Cambodian man was arrested under Section 15(1)(c) of the Immigration Act 1959/63 (Amended 2002) for overstaying.
In another development, Azhar said the department detained 1,226 illegal immigrants for various offences in Terengganu last year.
“They were part of the 2,132 illegal immigrants placed at the immigration detention depot in Ajil, Hulu Terengganu, who have all been repatriated to their home countries,” he said.
Azhar added that 6,855 immigrants in Terengganu had registered under the Labour Recalibration Programme (RTK) 2.0 by 712 employers.
However, of the total, only around 50% had registered for biometric system identification, he said.
“RTK 2.0 ended on Dec 31, so we ask employers who have registered to immediately bring their employees to the immigration department for biometric system identification. If they fail to do so, we will take action, including prosecuting the employers,” he said.
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