Selangor Immigration Dept repatriates 83,787 foreigners, collects RM42.6m in 17 months

SHAH ALAM, Oct 30 — The Selangor Immigration Department (JIM) has successfully facilitated the repatriation of 83,787 foreign nationals under the Migrant Repatriation Programme (PRM) 2.0 from May 2023 to September 30.

Selangor Immigration Department acting director, Mohmad Khusairi Kamarudin, said this achievement over the 17-month period represents the highest number of registrations and applications recorded compared to other states.

“They comprise 60,913 men and 20,293 women, followed by 1,375 boys and 1,206 girls. This demonstrates the effectiveness of the initiative in addressing the issue of undocumented foreign nationals in a targeted manner.

“During the same period, the Selangor Immigration Department (JIM Selangor) also successfully collected over RM42.6 million, consisting of more than RM1.68 million in special pass fees and nearly RM41 million in compounds,” he said during a press conference at Selangor JIM headquarters here today.

In light of this, he advised foreign nationals who have violated their pass conditions or overstayed in the country to utilise the Voluntary Repatriation Programme (PRM). This can be processed at four JIM Selangor branches: Shah Alam, Port Klang, Kelana Jaya, and Kajang.

Regarding enforcement actions, Mohmad Khusairi noted that Selangor JIM continues to intensify monitoring in hotspots through the ‘Mega Integrated Enforcement Operation,’ which is being conducted on an ongoing basis.

In the latest operation which began at 10 pm last night and concluded early this morning, 321 individuals were screened during targeted raids across the Shah Alam, Subang Jaya, and Klang areas.

“The premises raided included an entertainment centre (KTV), two factories, one processing plastic goods and the other manufacturing boxes as well as five blocks of flats housing foreign nationals. The operation involved 130 personnel, comprising 115 officers from JIM Selangor, along with representatives from the Employees Provident Fund (7), the Department of Labour (4), and the Malaysia Civil Defence Force (4).”

“Further checks revealed that 242 foreign nationals, aged between 25 and 50, were detained for various immigration offenses — including the lack of identification documents, violation of pass conditions, and overstaying,” he said.

He said those arrested comprised 180 men and 62 women from Bangladesh (57), India (58), Indonesia (44), Myanmar (52), Vietnam (16), Thailand (4), Nepal (4), Pakistan (2), Laos (2), as well as refugees from Myanmar (2) and Cambodia (1).

He added that all detainees have been placed at the Semenyih Immigration Depot for further action. Meanwhile, five ‘Form 29’ notices (summonses for witnesses) were issued to Malaysian nationals suspected to be employers to assist with the investigation.

Addressing the presence of foreign nationals featured on the accounts of social media influencers, Mohmad Khusairi noted that his department has a dedicated social media team to monitor such content and he also encouraged the public to come forward with complaints or information.

“Many locations that were raided previously have been found to be operational again, and we require the public’s cooperation in providing information,” he said. — Bernama

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莎阿南，10 月 30 日讯——雪兰莪州移民局 (JIM) 已成功协助 83,787 名外国公民根据移民遣返计划 (PRM) 2.0 从 2023 年 5 月至 9 月 30 日期间遣返回国。

雪兰莪州移民局代理局长莫哈末·库赛里·卡马鲁丁表示，在过去的17个月里，该州的注册和申请数量创下了历史新高。

“他们包括60913名男性和20293名女性，其次是1375名男孩和1206名女孩。这表明该倡议在有针对性地解决无证外国公民问题方面是有效的。”

“同期，雪兰莪州移民局（JIM Selangor）也成功收取了超过 4260 万令吉，其中包括超过 168 万令吉的特别通行证费用和近 4100 万令吉的罚款，”他今天在雪兰莪州移民局总部举行的新闻发布会上说。

鉴于此，他建议违反入境许可条件或在马来西亚逾期居留的外国公民利用自愿遣返计划（PRM）。该计划可在雪兰莪州的四个移民局（JIM）分局办理，分别位于莎阿南、巴生港、格拉那再也和加影。

关于执法行动，莫哈末·库赛里指出，雪兰莪州联合情报局（JIM）正通过“大型综合执法行动”持续加强对热点地区的监控。

在昨晚 10 点开始、今天凌晨结束的最新一次行动中，警方在莎阿南、梳邦再也和巴生地区进行了有针对性的突击检查，共筛查了 321 人。

此次突击搜查的场所包括一家娱乐中心（KTV）、两家工厂（一家加工塑料制品，另一家生产纸箱）以及五栋居住着外籍人士的公寓楼。行动共出动130人，其中包括来自雪兰莪州JIM的115名官员，以及来自雇员公积金局（7人）、劳工部（4人）和马来西亚民防部队（4人）的代表。

他说：“进一步的检查显示，有 242 名年龄在 25 岁至 50 岁之间的外国公民因各种移民违法行为而被拘留，包括缺乏身份证明文件、违反通行证条件和逾期滞留。”

他说，被捕者包括来自孟加拉国（57人）、印度（58人）、印度尼西亚（44人）、缅甸（52人）、越南（16人）、泰国（4人）、尼泊尔（4人）、巴基斯坦（2人）、老挝（2人）的180名男性和62名女性，以及来自缅甸（2人）和柬埔寨（1人）的难民。

他补充说，所有被拘留者已被送往士毛月移民拘留中心，等待进一步处理。与此同时，五份“29号表格”（证人传票）已向涉嫌为雇主的马来西亚公民发出，要求他们协助调查。

针对社交媒体影响者账户中出现外国公民的情况，穆罕默德·库赛里指出，他的部门设有专门的社交媒体团队来监控此类内容，他还鼓励公众提出投诉或提供信息。

他说：“许多此前被查封的地点已经恢复运营，我们需要公众提供信息并予以配合。”——马新社

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