Over 2,000 duped migrants in Pengerang, says Azalina

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There are over 2,000 duped migrants in Pengerang, says Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Law and Institutional Reform) Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said.  Azalina said in a post on X (formerly Twitter) on Tuesday (Dec 26) that she had reached out to Human Resources Minister Steven Sim in her capacity as the Pengerang MP as she had been told that there are about 2,500 migrants in a similar situation in her constituency.  Referring to the 171 Bangladeshi workers in Immigration Department detention in Setia Tropika since Dec 20, Azalina said that this is the tip of the iceberg, that the culprits behind this syndicate must be held accountable and immediate investigations must be carried out on who issued these permits with no jobs available.  Read more at http://tinyurl.com/2p9jy5dd  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00 Minister in the Prime Minister's Department for Law and Institutional Reform, Datu Sri

00:06 Azalina Othman Syed, said there are over 2,000 Dube migrants in Bungarang.

00:12 Azalina said in a post on X or formerly Twitter on Tuesday that she had reached out to Human

00:18 Resources Minister Stephen Sim in her capacity as the Bungarang MP, as she has been told

00:24 that there are about 2,500 migrants in a similar situation in her constituency.

00:31 Referring to the 171 Bangladeshi workers in Immigration Department detention since December

00:37 20, Azalina said that this is the tip of the iceberg, that the culprits behind this syndicate

00:44 must be held accountable and immediate investigations must be carried out on who issued these permits

00:50 with no jobs available.

00:52 Azalina also praised Sim for instructing the Human Resources Ministry to assist the workers

00:59 to find jobs on humanitarian grounds.

01:02 She said the responsibility and role of all companies involved should also be investigated

01:08 to determine how legitimate migrant workers could be exploited and enticed with promises

01:14 of work in Malaysia.

01:16 Calling it "crimes against humanity", the law minister said violation against human

01:21 rights, including in the business sector, must not be tolerated and it is time to take

01:27 firm action against irresponsible businesses.

01:31 On Monday, Kota Dinggir OCPD Superintendent Hussein Zamora confirmed the arrest of 171

01:37 Bangladeshi workers who had walked to the Bayu Damai police station, which was 10km

01:43 from the accommodation, to lodge a police report against their agent.

01:48 Superintendent Hussein said the workers were legally brought into Malaysia, adding that

01:53 the workers did not manage to lodge a police report after it was discovered that the agent

01:58 has yet to find employment for them.

02:01 He added that a police report made by the army against the foreigners was received on

02:06 the same day.

02:08 Superintendent Hussein added that the foreigners, aged 19 to 43 years old, were then hauled

02:13 up by the Immigration Department and detained at the department's headquarters in Setia

02:18 Tropika for investigations under Section 15, Subsection 1, Subsection c of the Immigration

02:25 Act 1959-63.

02:28 The Department of Homeland Security and the United States Department of Homeland Security

02:35 has not yet confirmed the arrest of the workers.

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