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People from India rounded up in Malaysia

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Posted: Feb 06, 2008 at 1518 hrs IST

Kuala Lumpur, February 6: Malaysian immigration authorities have rounded up nearly 1100 people from India and other Asian countries, who were allegedly found to be doing business illegally or having no valid travel documents.

The Immigration Department has been conducting operations at all business outlets, including shopping centres and night markets, against foreigners operating business illegally, national news agency ‘Bernama’ quoted officials as saying.

Immigration Enforcement Director Ishak Mohammad said since the operation in Kuala Lumpur on Friday last, 1,084 foreigners had been detained until Monday for doing business illegally or having no valid travel documents.

He said 500 of them were Indonesians and the others from India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Nepal and Thailand.

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