KUALA LUMPUR – An illegal Indonesian worker made a daring attempt to jump from the third floor of a 35-storey condominium to avoid arrest by the Immigration Department in an integrated operation at a construction site in Setapak here yesterday.
The move by the man in his 30s was in vain because he not only failed to escape from the authorities in the operation at 12.30pm, but also broke his right leg in the jump.
Immigration Director-General Datuk Khairul Dzaimee Daud said the man is believed to be trying to flee as he did not have valid work documents.
“The integrated operation also found several illegal immigrants hiding on the highest floor of the condominium under construction. All of them were apprehended in the raid,” he told reporters here yesterday.
According to him, 269 illegal immigrants were detained in the operation at the construction site.
“They comprise 191 Bangladeshi men; 44 men and 13 women from Indonesia; 18 men and a woman from Myanmar, and two Vietnamese women,” he said.
The integrated operation was mounted by about 120 police, National Registration Department, and Civil Defence Force and Labour Department officers and personnel.
“The cases will be investigated under Section 6(1)(c) and Section 15(1)(c) of the Immigration Act 1959/63 as well as Regulation 39(b) of the Immigration Regulations 1963,” he said.
Meanwhile, Khairul warned employers against employing illegal migrants, as they will face stern action under the immigration act. – Bernama, April 7, 2021
