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Report: 5 M'sians detained as Australia probes foreign worker exploitation

This article is 4 years old

Five Malaysian men in Perth have been detained by the Australian Border Force (ABF) over their suspected involvement in a foreign worker exploitation syndicate within the construction industry.

The detention of the five men, all of whom were living in Australia illegally, was reported by Perth's leading newspaper The West Australian.

The men were arrested during a series of nation-wide Operation Battenrun raids which targeted...

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