Article: 30 with fake visas held

Fadhal A. Ghani
New Straits Times
11-13-2008
30 with fake visas held
Byline: Fadhal A. Ghani
Edition: Main/Lifestyle
Section: Main Section

KUALA LUMPUR: Thirty foreign construction workers were detained by the Immigration Department yesterday for possessing fake visas.

They were nabbed by the department's "Black Hawk" squad at a construction site in Jalan Kuda Lari, off Jalan Tun Razak, at 2.30am.
Immigration Department enforcement director Datuk Ishak Mohamed said the workers were found hiding in the half-completed underground car park of the building under construction, together with about 70 others who were not detained.

"We believe the workers were cheated by their employers. They were ...

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