SEREMBAN: A Myanmar woman fell from a second-floor building, approximately 10 metres high, while attempting to escape Immigration Department officers during a raid last night.
The woman lay motionless on the floor with blood splattered on the floor, for more than five minutes after the incident.
The situation during the Op Bersepadu conducted by the state Immigration Department in a shop-house area near Seremban 2, turned tense for a while as the woman seemed lifeless.
Offices at the scene immediately called for assistance from the Malaysian Civil Defence Force (APM), but the woman suddenly moved and sat up, causing some relief in the situation.
In the operation that started at 11pm, undocumented immigrants climbed onto roofs and sneaked into other units through balconies just to evade the authorities.
However, their efforts proved futile as every nook of the five three-story blocks were inspected, revealing foreign residents hiding on balconies, ceilings, and rooftops.
Negri Sembilan Immigration Department director, Kennith Tan Ai Kiang said 628 foreign residents were inspected in the operation, and 110 of them were found to have violated various immigration regulations.
"This operation involved 314 members and officers from this state, Selangor, Melaka, KLIA, the National Registration Department, APM, and the state Department of Islamic Religious Affairs.
"The operation focused on the three-story shophouses where the upper units are used as dormitories or residences for foreign workers. A total of 628 were checked before we detained 110 of them," he said during a media briefing immediately after the operation.
He added that among those detained were 50 Myanmar men, 14 Myanmar women, eight Indonesian men, five Indonesian women, 10 men from Bangladesh, six men from India, nine men from Pakistan, two men from Nepal, and six men from Sri Lanka.
He clarified that these detainees were found to have committed offences such as lacking identification documents, overstaying, and locals allowing immigrants to stay in their residences.
"The premises were turned into a dormitory with units divided into six areas comprising five to six rooms.
"In this operation, some attempted to escape by climbing onto roofs, jumping from windows, and so on. This behaviour endangers their lives, but we were prepared with medical assistance.
"A 35-year-old Myanmar woman suffered a head injury after jumping from the second floor through a window before receiving initial treatment from APM. Her condition is now stable," he said.