KUALA LUMPUR: The Immigration Department detained 630 foreigners during an enforcement operation at a construction site in Padang Meha, Kulim.
Kedah Immigration director Mohd Ridzzuan Mohd Zain said the 11am operation, dubbed Ops Mega, was conducted yesterday and involved 159 officers from the department's headquarters and offices in Kedah, Perlis, Perak, Kuala Lumpur and Negri Sembilan.
In a social media post today, he said officers inspected 697 people at the construction site.
"Of the 697 people inspected, 630 foreigners aged between 18 and 50 were detained, comprising 622 men and eight women," he said.
