LABUAN, Nov 12 — Twelve Filipino nationals, including six children, were detained for suspected immigration offences during an enforcement operation on this duty-free island early today.
Labuan Immigration Department director Mohd Redzuan Nawi said the operation, codenamed Op Sapu, was conducted from 11pm yesterday to 1.30am today, involving 15 officers who inspected 84 individuals at several locations, including a residential settlement.
He said those inspected comprised 51 Malaysians, 31 Filipinos and two Indonesians.
“The 12 Filipinos detained comprised one man, five women, four boys and two girls, all suspected of offences under Section 6(1)(c) of the Immigration Act 1959/63,” he told Bernama today.
