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54 suspects nabbed for immigration offences
Posted: 20 May 2011 1738 hrs
SINGAPORE : A 75-year-old man was among 54 people nabbed by the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) in an island-wide operation on Wednesday and Thursday.
ICA officers descended on more than 16 places to arrest immigration offenders and those harbouring them.
Those arrested were aged between 19 and 75 years old.
They included six Singaporeans - four women and two men - who are being investigated for harbouring and/or employing the illegals.
The 48 illegals included 38 men and 10 women and were mostly overstayers and several had run away from their employers.
They are from Bangladesh, China, Nepal, India and Sri Lanka.
Most had admitted they had come to Singapore to seek illegal employment and had no fixed employer.
They had been working as general workers, cleaners, odd-job labourers, painters and food stall helpers.
Some of the women had admitted to engaging in vice activities.
Under the Immigration Act, homeowners convicted of harbouring immigration offenders may be jailed between six months and two years and fined up to S$6,000.
- CNA/ms
