TAWAU: The\u00a0National Registration Department (NRD) and the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC), in collaboration\u00a0through Ops Lancar, managed to crack down on a syndicate smuggling\u00a0Filipino illegal immigrants by air from Sabah to the Peninsula.
\nHome Ministry secretary-general Datuk Ruji Ubi said 15 individuals were arrested in raids in Kuala Lumpur, Johor and Tawau on Thursday (March 23) following information provided by a Filipino arrested in the Klang Valley three months ago.
\nHe said the MACC also detained five Immigration Department officials in Tawau to assist in investigations into the case.
\n\u201cOps Lancar at Kuala Lumpur International Airport Terminal 2 (KLIA2) led to the arrest of\u00a0eight Filipino immigrants who managed to get past information checks from Tawau to Kuala Lumpur.
\n\u201cSix immigrants were found to have identity cards belonging to others\u00a0while two others, including a 21-month-old toddler, did not have any identification\u00a0documents,\u201d\u00a0he told reporters after handing over the project for the construction of NRD Tawau quarters and office, here, today.
\nConstruction of the RM20 million project,\u00a0involving an office and 12 residential units for Tawau NRD staff, began in 2017 and the office is scheduled to be operational in May.<\/p>\n
Ruji said that as a\u00a0result of Ops Lancar, which was carried out simultaneously that day, a Filipino couple with fake identity cards was\u00a0arrested at the syndicate\u2019s transit house in Bandar Seri Alam, Masai, Johor.
\nHe said intelligence also found the involvement of agents or syndicates, who have\u00a0been active for two to three years, in managing the entry of Filipino illegal immigrants from Sabah to Peninsular Malaysia with a payment of RM2,500 per person.
\nThe syndicate is also believed to manage the entry of Filipinos who have been subject to legal action for various offences,\u00a0he said.
\nHe said that following the\u00a0raids,\u00a0the Ops Lancar\u00a0team and the police yesterday tracked down the location of the actual owners of the MyKad used by the syndicate and seven MyKad owners were detained at various locations for further investigation.
\n\u201cWe\u2019ll leave the follow-up arrests to the police and the operations team.\u00a0I do not rule out the possibility of more arrests as investigations are\u00a0ongoing, we do not want a recurrence,\u201d\u00a0he said.
\n— BERNAMA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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