Lured by steady, promising incomes
Illegal immigration is a genuinely national issue, and resolving it requires a national commitment not just on health care but also border control, law enforcement and other resources. – Jon Kyl, American politician LATELY there were frequent trips sending those so-called registered Indonesians from Serian and Kuching to Bintulu and Miri based on reliable […]
Eight illegal immigrants caught at rat trail
LUNDU: Monday (July 12) was a busy day for eight illegal immigrants who crossed the Sarawak-Indonesian border but were sent back to their own country. The 11th General Operations Force (GOF) Battalion caught five of them — three men, a woman and a child —entering the state illegally at a rat trail in Telok Melano around […]
GOF foils illegal entry attempt
LUNDU: The General Operations Force (GOF) on Sunday caught two undocumented immigrants for entering Sarawak illegally. A GOF spokesperson said a patrol team from Kampung Raso post caught two Indonesian men and inspected them around 8.30pm. “Inspections found that they failed to produce any valid travel documents to the team. “Their modus operandi is that […]
Illegal immigrants nabbed in Bau deported
BAU: Three illegal immigrants were detained in an ‘Ops Benteng’ operation on Monday (Jan 25). District police chief DSP Poge Nyaon said the operation involving seven personnel from the district’s CID team took place in Jalan Johari Shunchar here. The team detained three Indonesian men who did not have any legal travel document. All of […]
Local jailed for smuggling in aliens
KUCHING: The High Court here today sentenced a local man to two years’ jail, after he pleaded guilty to smuggling three foreigners into the state last year. Judge Azahari Kamal Ramli ordered the accused, in his late 30s, to be jailed starting October 18 last year. The accused, who pleaded guilty under Section 26J of […]
15 illegals who thought they could make it
KUCHING: Fifteen undocumented Indonesian immigrants, including a child, who harboured the dream of having a better life in Sarawak, were deported to their country following a failed attempt to enter and leave the state illegally over a period of three days from Tuesday (Dec 22) to Thursday (Dec 24). According to the First Infantry Division, […]
Human trafficker caught red handed
LUNDU: A local man who attempted to smuggle six illegal immigrants through a jalan tikus (rat trail) at Kampung Raso was arrested on Wednesday (Dec 23). State General Operations Force (GOF) Commander SAC Mancha Ata said in the 8.10pm incident his men came across a multi-purpose vehicle (MPV) from Indonesia travelling through an ungazetted road. […]
Jala operation to curb illegal entry of immigrants
KUCHING: The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) are considering launching ‘Jala’ operations to deal with the entry of undocumented immigrants to the state. SDMC chairman Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas explained the word ‘jala’ means casting net to catch ‘fish’ (undocumented immigrants). Further details of such operation and when it will commence, will be announced […]
Stop bringing in illegal foreign workers
SIBU: Local Government and Housing Assistant Minister Dr Annuar Rapaee have requested the cooperation of the public to not bring in illegal foreign workers to the state as such action could facilitate the spread of Covid-19 infection. When contacted, he also regretted what happened to four Indonesian women, who were found positive for Covid-19 when […]
Busy night for army and smugglers
KUCHING: The army successfully foiled two land agents’ attempts to smuggle undocumented foreigners in and out of Sarawak yesterday. The First Infantry Division said the incident happened at the Ensawang oil palm plantation, Lubok Antu, about 300m from the Malaysia-Indonesia border. An army team spotted a motorcycle behaving in a suspicious manner at about 8.30pm […]
