Malaysia to launch ‘biggest’ crackdown on illegals

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia will launch what local media on Wednesday called its “biggest ever” crackdown on an estimated half a million illegal foreign workers, as a crime wave focused the nation’s attention on security.

Under the three-month operation to begin on Sunday, authorities would seek to deport some 500,000 foreigners, mostly from the country’s vast and less-developed neighbor Indonesia, Immigration Department Director General Alias Ahmad said.