{"id":353924,"date":"2017-06-30T19:17:59","date_gmt":"2017-06-30T11:17:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/general-nationwide-hunt-for-illegal-immigrants-begins-at-midnight\/"},"modified":"2017-06-30T19:17:59","modified_gmt":"2017-06-30T11:17:59","slug":"general-nationwide-hunt-for-illegal-immigrants-begins-at-midnight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/general-nationwide-hunt-for-illegal-immigrants-begins-at-midnight\/","title":{"rendered":"General : Nationwide Hunt For Illegal Immigrants Begins At Midnight"},"content":{"rendered":"


<\/span>PUTRAJAYA, June 30 (Bernama) — At midnight tonight, the Immigration authorities are to launch a large-scale operation to flush out illegal immigrants in the country, following the passing of the deadline to register for the Enforcement Card or E-card.<\/p>\n

As of 8 am today, a total of 155,680 illegal immigrants working for 26,957 employers had applied for the E-card and 140,746 of the cards were issued. This is only 23 per cent of the 600,000 cards targeted by the Immigration Department.<\/p>\n

Director-General of Immigration Datuk Seri Mustafar Ali is not amused. In fact, he is disappointed with the attitude of the employers. The registration exercise was launched on Feb 15.<\/p>\n

“I emphasised many times that the deadline for registration is midnight tonight, and the deadline will not be extended,” he said at a press conference.<\/p>\n

He said that after the deadline passed, the department would arrest illegal immigrants and prosecute their employers under sections 56(1) and 55B of the Immigration Act 1959\/1963, including those employing immigrants with student passes.<\/p>\n

A check by reporters today found the Immigration Department headquarters crowded with employers and their illegal immigrant workers waiting to register for the E-card at the 11th hour.<\/p>\n

“While the deadline for applications is midnight, we expect our officers to be working up to 7 am tomorrow to process all the documents received,” said Mustafar.<\/p>\n

He said the applications received after 11.30 am had to be kept aside to complete processing those received earlier.<\/p>\n

The most number of applicants were illegal immigrants from Bangladesh, followed by those from Indonesia, Myanmar and Nepal, he said.<\/p>\n

Mustafar also said that immigration authorities had arrested several people who took advantage of the E-card registration to offer their services as agents.<\/p>\n

“They were issuing false E-cards,? he said, adding that employers had to apply for the cards without going through middle-men.<\/p>\n

— BERNAMA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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