At least 297 undocumented migrants, including 95 Bangladeshis, were arrested following a raid on a workers’ housing at Eco Majestic in Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur on Thursday midnight.

According to Malaysian Immigration Department, among the detainees 112 are Indonesians, 95 Bangladeshis, 66 from Myanmar, 13 Vietnamese and one Ghanaian national.

Khairul Dzaimee said the employers of the detained workers would be fined 50,000 ringgit for not complying with the law. Earlier, following several drives to arrest undocumented foreign workers, the employers were fined 350,000 ringgit.

The Immigration Department Director General said that his department will propose the government to formulate a new policy for the issuance and renewal of Temporary Employment Visit Pass (PLKS) for foreign workers in the country.

Khairul Dzaimee also stressed on improvement of living conditions for foreign workers in the country.

“The department will first refine the proposal paper before tabling it to higher levels for discussion and to get approval. We should not allow employers to provide unsuitable living conditions for their employees,” he said.