SHAH ALAM – Police arrested four individuals, including two foreign nationals, for allegedly exploiting foreign workers in an operation in Kg Sg Udang in Klang.
Klang Selatan district police chief Cha Hoong Fong said the operation was conducted by the D3 Anti-Trafficking and Migrant Smuggling Division of Bukit Aman’s Criminal Investigation Department, led by senior assistant director Fadil Marsus, together with the Criminal Investigation Division of the Klang Selatan district police headquarters at about 6.30pm last Tuesday.
During the raid, police arrested four suspects aged between 38 and 43, including a foreign man and woman believed to be employment agents, he said in a statement today.
Cha said six victims, including three foreign women, aged between 24 and 44, were rescued in the operation under Section 44 of the Anti-Trafficking in Persons and Anti-Smuggling of Migrants Act 2007.
Police also seized 20 passports and RM13,600, he said, adding that preliminary investigation found that the victims were working at a cement factory.
He said the suspects were in remand for six days until August 15 for investigation under Section 12 of the Anti-Trafficking in Persons and Anti-Smuggling of Migrants Act 2007 and Section 12(1)(f) of the Passport Act 1966. – Bernama, August 11, 2022
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