KUALA LUMPUR, July 21 — About 5,951 detainees at the Immigration Detention Depot have been repatriated throughout the Movement Control Order from March 18 until July 1.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 14 — The issue of stateless children will be the focus of the Dewan Rakyat sitting today.

ALOR GAJAH, July 10 — A former senator was fined a total of RM340,000, in default 68 months’ jail by the Sessions Court here today after he pleaded guilty to allowing 68 illegal immigrants to enter his premises in January this year.

BANGKOK, July 10 — Thailand has recorded zero local Covid-19 transmission for 45 consecutive days and the authorities are beefing up border control to curb the entry of illegal immigrants due to the demand for foreign workers after businesses in the kingdom resumed operations from July 1.

SHAH ALAM, July 7 — A local man was detained at the Seng Lee Jetty in Bagan Sekinchan near here for allegedly bringing in illegal immigrants into the country at about 5.30 am yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 23 — The Ministry of Home Affairs’ (MOHA) proposal to allow illegal immigrants detained at the Immigration detention centre to be employed by local employers could help deal with the shortage of labour in the construction sector, says Malaysian Bumiputera Contractors Association (PKBM) president Datuk Azman Yusoff.

KUALA LANGAT, June 16 — A total of 45 foreigners were detained throughout the implementation of movement control order (MCO), conditional MCO and recovery MCO, since April to date, while travelling through rat trails at several locations in Selangor.

KUALA LANGAT, June 14 — Ten illegal immigrants were detained in an operation by Selangor Immigration Department in Taman Langat Murni and Taman Langat Utama which came under semi-enhance movement control order (SEMCO).

KUALA LUMPUR, June 10 — Patrols have been heightened at public areas to ensure that standard operating procedures (SOPs) under the recovery movement control order (RMCO) are being followed, Defence Force chief Gen Tan Sri Affendi Buang said.

PUTRAJAYA, June 8 — A total of 396 illegal immigrants and 108 boat skippers have been arrested under Op Benteng between May 1 and yesterday for attempting to enter the country illegally.

PUTRAJAYA, May 30 — The first phase of the deportation of illegal immigrants will begin on June 6 involving Indonesians at Immigration depots in the country, said Senior Minister (Security Cluster) Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob.

PUTRAJAYA, May 27 — Senior Minister (security cluster) Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob today refuted claims by certain quarters over the government’s handling of foreign workers in the wake of the Covid-19 outbreak in the country.

SERDANG, May 27 — The Covid-19 quarantine and treatment centre at the Malaysia Agro Exposition Park Serdang (Maeps) has come under heavy guard by the police to prevent illegal immigrants placed there from escaping.

PUTRAJAYA, May 26 — The Malaysian government will deport all illegal immigrants tested negative for Covid-19 to their countries of origin, Senior Minister (security cluster) Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob announced today.

PUTRAJAYA, May 25 — From now on, the Covid-19 Quarantine and Treatment Centre at the Malaysia Agro Exposition Park Serdang (Maeps) will only receive illegal immigrants who are tested positive, said Senior Minister (security cluster) Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob.

PUTRAJAYA, May 21 — The Ministry of Health (MOH) has detected a new cluster of Covid-19 cases involving foreigners at the Bukit Jalil Immigration Detention Depot.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 15 — Immigration authorities arrested 113 illegal immigrants in raids conducted yesterday in the Selayang Baru area of Gombak near here that is under an enhanced movement control order (EMCO).

PUTRAJAYA, May 11 — Several arrests of illegal immigrants and boat skippers were made after the authorities held integrated security checks at the border of the country to contain the spread of Covid-19 infection, said Senior Minister (security cluster), Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob.

SUBANG JAYA, May 10 — Six flights are carried out daily by the Air Wing Unit (PGU) of the Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM) to ensure the safety of the country’s territorial waters from foreign encroachment during the movement control order (MCO).

KUALA LUMPUR, May 2 — Authorities are conducting large-scale joint operations to weed out illegal immigrants during the enforcement of the movement control order as part of efforts to contain the spread of Covid-19.