The Kuala Lumpur Immigration Department arrested 176 illegal immigrants, including 71 Bangladeshi nationals, during a raid in the Jalan Alor area of Bukit Bintang on Wednesday night, reports Malaysia's national news agency Bernama.

Kuala Lumpur Immigration Director Wan Mohammed Saupee Wan Yusoff said the operation, conducted in collaboration with Kuala Lumpur City Hall, began at 7:15pm (local time) following public complaints and investigations.

In addition to the Bangladeshis, the arrestees included 60 individuals from Myanmar, 24 from Indonesia, 16 from Nepal, three from Pakistan, and one each from Egypt and Sudan, Yusoff said.

The detainees are being investigated under Malaysian laws related to the absence of valid documentation and overstaying in the country, the report said.

All those arrested were taken to the Kuala Lumpur Immigration Headquarters, the immigration official told reporters after the operation.