KUALA LUMPUR: Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) nabbed 385 foreign migrants for engaging in illegal petty trading in an operation conducted in Jalan Pasar (Pudu) and Jalan Silang, here, today.

DBKL Enforcement Department deputy director, Minhad Ahmad said in the three-hour operation starting at 11.30am, the team arrested 138 Bangladesh, 117 Nepal, 105 Myanmar, 10 Indonesian, 10 Indian and five Pakistan nationals.

"We made random arrests at both locations where foreign migrants tend to gather, with some involved in selling goods from unlicensed stalls," he told a press conference at DBKL Enforcement Department's operations room, here.

He said all the foreigners arrested would be handed over to the Immigration Department for rescreening and action would be taken against those without a valid work permit.

"Today's operation focused on unlicensed petty trading and monitoring of foreign migrants" said Minhad.

The operation, carried out with the cooperation of the Immigration Department, Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism Ministry, police and the National Registration Department, involved 120 enforcement personnel.

- Bernama

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