Several Foreigners Issued Special Passes In KB Immigration Raid
By Liza Mohd

Kuala Belait - A Filipino man and woman were both issued special passes when they failed to provide proper documents to prove their stay in Brunei was valid, during a raid on Wednesday night by nine officers from the Kuala Belait Immigration Department.

The Soon Lee Farm and Machinery Work quarters in Kg Sg Liang were among the targets of the raid. However no workers were caught breaching the Immigration rules.

A rented house occupied by foreign workers along the Lumut by-pass was also inspected, but the workers proved that their stay in the country was legal.

The Filipino man and woman were caught in a house at Jalan Maulana, Kuala Belait and both were issued with special passes, pending settlement of their cases.

A total of 19 workers were inspected during the raid, which started at about 9.30 pm and ended after midnight.

The purposes of the raid led by Chief Immigration Officer, Awg Sulaiman bin Hj Hidup was to conduct inspections at the residences and rented houses of foreign workers. This was to ensure that they did not breach the Immigration Act and Rules. There have been a number of cases involving runaway workers and immigration offenders in the district recently.

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