Dhaka, Oct. 9 -- The Malaysian Immigration Department has arrested 20 people, including two Bangladeshis, on suspicion of involvement in a syndicate abusing foreign workers quotas in a special operation conducted in Taman Datuk Ahmad Razali, Ampang district of Malaysia's Kuala Lumpur.

A report by the Malay Mail on Friday, citing the department's Director-General Zakaria Shaaban, said that the operation was carried out at 7:30am local time.

It was conducted by the Intelligence and Special Operations Division at the Immigration Headquarters in Putrajaya in collaboration with the Strategic Compliance Branch of the Inland Revenue Board and the Intelligence Department.

The operation was carried out based on information provided by locals an...