Exclusive: Illegal foreign traders’ activities at Selayang market’ continues
PUCHONG: A new business trend has emerged at a new place under Selangor border, which is under Majlis Perbandaran Selayang with the illegal foreign traders in the forefront.
Bangladeshi traders are trading food materials illegally 2km away from the Pasar Harian Selayang.
The Bangladeshis get their supplies from farms and sell at the market. The supplies are also sold at a low price to consumers. The locals are supportive of the move.
Most of the immigrants work as market helper too and help local owners to sell and buy vegetables.
Some of the illegal immigrants are staying inside the building and survive by trading vegetables.
There are security guards in place who bars the public from entering the market, they also double up by taking orders at the entrance.
Our investigation revealed that the main Selayang market is strictly for local residents trade. This complex is also set up as an illegal hub for the survival of immigrants. They are protected by the building security and building management to execute their illegal trade.
We also found out that Bangladesh migrants contacting their regular retailers to sell their bulk vegetables.
According to our source they are also very smart in choosing their customers and are choosy in entertaining people. Customers throng the strips of make-shift stalls to buy the cheap vegetables
“They start trading around 9-10 am until night lah, police patrol cars doing patroling around that complex but still this people loitering outside to get customers,” a community member who wished to remain anonymous said.
“It is time the local authority did something to protect the traders inside the Selayang Market,” he said.
The locals are aware that the refugees were breaking the local council’s law but the large customer base is not helping authorities in clearing out the illegals.
“The consumers must first stop buying from the illegal immigrants . Only then the authorities can stop the illegal trading.”
By: Hema Subramaniam and Igneseous
