BUKIT MERTAJAM: Some 59 undocumented foreigners were arrested in Immigration Department raids at four premises in Bukit Mertajam and Prai.

The Penang Immigration Department said in a Facebook post that 36 people were detained during inspections at a restaurant and an entertainment centre, while another 23 were arrested in separate raids at two factories yesterday.

In the first operation, 55 people were screened, with 35 women and one man arrested.

They comprised 14 Vietnamese, nine Thais, six Indonesians, four Chinese citizens and two Laotians.