Malaysia's Immigration Department has detained 306 Bangladeshi nationals for allegedly abusing their work permits. The arrests were made during a raid at a factory on Wednesday.
Datuk Zakaria Shaaban, Director-General of Immigration, stated that documents of 749 individuals were inspected during the operation. Of them, 307 were found violating immigration laws, including misuse of sector-specific permits, working at unauthorized locations, holding expired permits, or lacking valid travel documents. The detained individuals are aged between 20 and 40 and include one Nepali national in addition to the 306 Bangladeshis.