KL gets tough on illegal workers

KL gets tough on illegal workers

JAKARTA: Malaysian police are keeping an eye on its coasts in
anticipation of an influx of illegal Indonesian job seekers after
Idul Fitri.

Of particular concern is the coastlines of Selangor where the
police know of some 30 places where thousands of illegal
Indonesian job seekers usually land.

Police said that to evade arrest, boat skippers usually kept
changing landing places.

The affluent Malaysia has taken harsher measures in a bid to
minimize the smuggling of illegal workers. Hundreds of thousands
of Indonesians work, legally or otherwise, in Malaysia notably on
plantation and construction projects.

Recently, Indonesian illegal workers were involved in rioting
at a detention center where they had been housed before
deportation. --Antara