Selangor CID Chief - 142 Foreigners Arrested In Raids Within Gombak And Subang Jaya

Senior Asst Comm Fadzil Ahmat (CID Chief Selangor)

The Selangor CID chief Senior Asst Comm Fadzil Ahmat said, a total of 142 foreigners, mostly Nigerians were detailed following several raids in Gombak and Subang Jaya.

He said, among those detained were 128 Nigerians along with 14 others of various nationalities, including from Pakistan and Indonesia.

"They were detained under Section 6(i)(c) of the Immigration Act 1953 for not having travel documents," he said when contacted on Sunday.

The Senior Asst Comm Fadzil said the operation was conducted as social ills and crimes among Africans in Selangor were increasing.

"Besides cheating syndicates, suspects from African countries are also involved in armed robberies and other crimes.

"We are deeply concerned, thus the operation is conducted to track down and gather information on the suspects," he said.

Among those detained were four men and a woman from Nigeria, who were suspected of operating a love scam syndicate at Apartment Desa Aman Puri. "We also seized three laptops and six mobile phones," he said.

A Nigerian man also jumped from the third floor of the same apartment attempting to evade being caught by the authorities, he added. "He broke his foot and he is currently being treated at Selayang Hospital, SAC Fadzil stated.