Four Sierra Leonean women detained in midnight raid in Malaysia for prostitution

foreigners detained in midnight raid in Subang Jaya

BY RAYMUND WONG

The Subang Jaya Municipal Council (MPSJ) and the Immigration Department raided three business premises for vice activities in a joint operation which saw 14 foreigners detained.

The operation, which began at midnight and ended early this morning, saw the enforcement team raiding an illegal massage parlour-cum-brothel and a pub, both located in Bandar Puteri, Puchong; and a cafe located in USJ, Subang Jaya.

MPSJ corporate and strategic management deputy director Muhammad Azli Miswan told reporters that the raids found that the foreigners had broken the law, including conducting illicit businesses.

“We often find foreigners from Africa or other parts of the world, like China, conducting illicit businesses or they have a licence but are not following what the licence allows them to do, some even do prostitution,” Muhammad said.

Azli said that the foreigners caught were in their 20s to 40s and were from China, Vietnam, Nigeria, Ghana and Sierra Leone.

“Six women were caught in the illegal massage parlour which also operated as a brothel,” he said, adding that MPSJ had confiscated the business’s equipment under MPSJ Beauty and Wellness Centre 2007 by-law, in which the operator will be fined a maximum of RM1,000.

Azli said the remaining eight foreigners who were detained by the Immigration Department had no proper documentation.

“They will be processed by the Immigration and placed in the depot before being deported back to their countries,” he said, adding that all 14 foreigners would be detained under Section 6(1)(c) of the Immigration Act 1959/63 for not having valid travel documents.

Azli said although the pub had a valid licence, it was only supposed to serve food and drinks and not entertainment.

“We have confiscated their equipment and issued compound notices under Section 6(1) of the Selangor Entertainment and Places of Entertainment Enactment 1995, which carries a maximum fine of RM25,000,” he said. – January 23, 2016.