2 foreign workers held in Belait raid
By Liza Mohd

Two Indian nationals were detained after failing to produce documents during an ambush codenamed "Operasi Sepadu Buru Tiga" on Wednesday night in Kuala Belait.

The men, in their 30's and residents of Jalan Sungai Pandan were brought to Panaga Police Station for further investigation.

Close to 300 foreign workers were searched during the operation, from 10.30 pm till 3 am.

It involved 30 Kuala Belait Immigration Officers of the Enforcement Section as well as officers and personnel from the Belait District Royal Brunei Police Force.

The operation, the first conducted this year, involved the inspection of foreign work quarters from Malaysia, Thailand, Philippines, India, Bangladesh and Thailand, in five locations.

The operation, led by Chief Immigration Officer Awang Sulaiman bin Haji Hidup, commenced at a house accommodating more than 100 foreign workers in Simpang BLNG Lumut.

The operation continued with the inspection of four rented houses at the vicinity of Kg Mumong and Jalan Sg Pandan.

The operation is a follow up of other operations conducted last year which aim to detect foreign workers violating the rules and regulation of the country.

The search was also held to detain illegal entrants, runaway workers, and overstayers.

The Immigration Department said the operation towards foreign workers is still ongoing.

The Immigration Department still finds a few employers failing to prepare relevant documents to make the inspection on their workers more convenient.

The department recorded 140 workers compounded for violating the Immigration rules and regulations. Some 38 people were brought to court for the same offence as well as contravening the Passport Rules and Regulations.

The department had recorded Indonesian nationals having the highest number of offences compared with other nationalities.

Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin