Taiwanese illegal employers and brokers were also detained
Taiwan News
Date: 2019/10/19
By: Matthew Strong, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
Arrests during a previous crackdown on unaccounted-for foreign workers. (By Central News Agency)
From the early hours of the morning until 4 p.m., a total of 687 agents of the NIA, the Coast Guard and the Ministry of Justice Investigation Bureau went searching for people who had stayed on longer than the law allowed, the Central News Agency reported.
The search turned up 240 unaccounted-for foreign workers, including 122 Indonesians and 112 Vietnamese. A further 147 people had overstayed their visa, with 82 of those hailing from Vietnam and 51 from Indonesia.
In addition, 140 Taiwanese arrested were illegal employers and 35 were employment brokers, according to the CNA report. [FULL STORY]
