KUALA LUMPUR, April 17 — The Immigration Department detained 15 foreigners and a local couple in an integrated operation targeting retail and restaurant outlets suspected of employing undocumented workers in Brickfields last night.

KUANTAN, April 16 — A former Immigration Department officer was detained yesterday to help in an investigation related to graft amounting to over RM10 million involving a syndicate smuggling foreigners into the country at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) Terminal 1 and 2 without inspection.

KUALA LUMPUR, April 16 — The Immigration Department detained 63 illegal immigrants and three locals in separate raids in Bukit Bintang and Dang Wangi yesterday, as well as in Kota Bharu, Tumpat, and Tanah Merah in Kelantan on Monday (April 14).

KUANTAN, April 15 — Three Immigration Department officers were arrested yesterday as part of an investigation into a RM10 million corruption case, believed to be linked to a syndicate involved in smuggling foreign nationals through the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) Terminals 1 and 2 without proper immigration screening.

PUTRAJAYA, April 3 —  The Immigration Department is offering free Malaysian passport replacements for victims of the gas pipeline fire in Putra Heights.

PUTRAJAYA, March 28 — An Immigration officer has been arrested for suspected involvement in allowing foreigners into the country without being checked by the Immigration Department.

PUTRAJAYA, March 21 — The Immigration Department has foiled a migrant smuggling syndicate in a special operation conducted on March 19, in Ampang, Selangor.

KULIM, March 15 — The Home Ministry, through the Immigration Department, is in the process of extending the Migrant Repatriation Programme, which is set to conclude on March 31.

PUTRAJAYA, March 14 — The Immigration Department arrested four Bangladeshi nationals suspected of acting as agents offering fraudulent immigration services to foreigners in a special operation conducted in Kuala Lumpur and Bandar Bukit Raja, Selangor, on Wednesday (March 12) and yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 12 — The Home Affairs Ministry (KDN) does not plan to follow the United States (US) in its policy of deporting illegal immigrants to their countries of origin as a new, tougher policy to stem the influx of foreigners into Malaysia.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 7 — The journalist of a news portal who was detained at the end of last month on suspicion of involvement in a corruption case has published an article today to clear the air, insisting that he had never solicited a bribe.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 6 — The Immigration Department detained 80 illegal immigrants in a raid on an entertainment centre in Seri Kembangan yesterday night.

PUTRAJAYA, March 6 — The Immigration Department has busted an illegal foreign worker agency, detaining six foreign nationals in special operations at three locations — Taman Kemuning Utama in Shah Alam, Taman Pandan Cahaya in Ampang, and Jalan Datuk Eusoff in Kuala Lumpur.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 22 — The Immigration Department (JIM) has denied claims of abuse at its Selangor detention depot, which went viral on social media today.

KLANG, Feb 22 — Fearing arrest, a handful of foreigners used “guerrilla tactics” to avoid arrest by the Immigration Department (JIM) in an enforcement operation at the Meru Market Complex here early this morning.

KOTA BHARU, Feb 17 — The promise of lucrative payouts has led some locals to risk smuggling illegal immigrants into the country.

PUTRAJAYA, Feb 13 — The Immigration Department enforcement inspectorate teams will be deployed to inspect Ramadan bazaars nationwide to ensure that traders do not transfer their licences to others, particularly foreign nationals.

PUTRAJAYA, Feb 8 — The Immigration Department seized RM3.6 million and arrested 10 foreign nationals in a special operation targeting an illegal money transfer syndicate in Klang and Brickfields, Kuala Lumpur on Thursday (February 6), said Immigration director-general Datuk Zakaria Shaaban.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 26 — Approximately 1,106 vehicles were inspected during the Road Transport Department’s (JPJ) Ops Sepadu conducted in the Federal capital yesterday night, resulting in 124 vehicles being penalised for various offences.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 23 — The Kuala Lumpur Immigration Department rounded up 176 illegal immigrants during an operation carried out around Jalan Alor, Bukit Bintang yesterday night.