Bukit Aman anti-human trafficking and migrant smuggling division (D3) principal assistant director Soffian Santong said the three men whom the police rescued were between 28 and 35 years of age.

During the raid, police also arrested a Bangladeshi man and an Indian national suspected of being the owner and manager of the factory.

“Both of them, aged 48 and 40, are being investigated under Section 12 of the Anti-Trafficking in Persons and Anti-Smuggling of Migrants Act 2007 and Sections 39(b) and 55B of the Immigration Act 1959/63,” he said in a statement today.

Soffian said 27 other foreigners from Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Myanmar who had been working at the factory were also arrested for immigration offences.

The 27, aged between 23 and 47, are being investigated under Sections 15(1) and 39(b) of the Immigration Act.

The raid, conducted by the Bukit Aman D3 team at 2.30pm, was assisted by the Petaling Jaya district police headquarters, the enforcement division of the Selangor immigration department, and the enforcement department of the Petaling Jaya city council.