Kuala Lumpur: The Immigration Department has detained a total of 63 illegal immigrants and three locals in separate raids in Bukit Bintang and Dang Wangi here today as well as Kota Bharu, Tumpat, and Tanah Merah, Kelantan yesterday.

According to BERNAMA News Agency, the department stated that five premises were checked during the raids in Kuala Lumpur, which commenced at 4.05 pm. A total of 62 individuals were checked, and 33 were detained, which included 27 Bangladeshi men, two Indian men, one Indonesian woman, and three local employers. The local employers, consisting of two men and a woman, are currently being investigated under Section 56(1)(d) of the Immigration Act 1959/63 for harboring illegal immigrants.

Meanwhile, in Kelantan, the department detained 33 illegal immigrants. This group included 20 Bangladeshi men, five Indonesian men, two Thai men, two Myanmar men, a Chinese man, a Nepali man and woman, and an Indonesian woman. The raids in Kelantan began at 4.30 am.

The department added that all immigrants detained are being investigated under Section 6(1)(c) and 15(1)(c) of the Immigration Act 1959/63 and Regulation 39(b) of the Immigration Regulations 1963.