Penang: The Penang Immigration Department detained 61 undocumented migrants, including 20 women, during Ops Kutip operations at two separate locations yesterday. State Immigration director Nur Zulfa Ibrahim detailed that the operation was conducted on the second floor of the Komtar complex and the first floor of the Penang Sentral Bus Terminal in Butterworth.

According to BERNAMA News Agency, a total of 226 foreigners were inspected during the operation, leading to the arrest of 41 men and 20 women, aged 20 to 50, for offences under the Immigration Act. Those arrested included 35 men and 13 women from Myanmar, seven Indonesian women, five Bangladeshi men, and one Pakistani man.

Nur Zulfa Ibrahim stated that the operation would continue periodically as part of efforts to combat the presence of illegal immigrants in Penang.