Illegal visitors rounded up as city spruces up for SEA Games
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CITY Hall and Immigration Department detained 180 illegal foreign workers during an integrated operation in Jalan Silang in Kuala Lumpur over the past weekend.
Most of those detained in the afternoon raid were from Myanmar, Bangladesh, Nepal, and India. Some had violated the terms of their student visa; others had overstayed.
Authorities have begun cracking down on illegal migrants in an effort to spruce up Kuala Lumpur in time for the 19th SEA Games, which will open on August 19, 2017.