KUANTAN: Ninety-nine foreign nationals, including 85 women, were arrested in six raids conducted by the immigration department on entertainment premises here early today.
Pahang immigration director Nursafariza Ihsan said they were among 369 people detained in the operation that began at 1am.
She said those arrested include Thai, Lao, Bangladeshi, Yemeni and Chinese nationals, aged between 25 and 50.
Most of the foreign women worked as guest relations officers, booked by customers through various platforms, including the WeChat application.
“Those arrested are suspected of misusing their work permits as we found that most of them were permit holders in the construction and cleaning sectors, while some only had social visit passes,” she told Bernama.
Those arrested were taken to the Kemayan immigration depot in Bera for further investigation.