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KUALA LUMPUR : Ten individuals, including a senior Immigration Department officer, were arrested in an operation dubbed Ops Toyu at the Bukit Kayu Hitam Immigration, Customs, Quarantine and Security Complex in Kedah on Saturday.
Immigration director-general Datuk Zakaria Shaaban said the special operation, which began at 12.50pm, was carried out following a month-long intelligence effort by the Intelligence and Special Operations Division at Immigration headquarters in Putrajaya. He said it was conducted in collaboration with the Kedah Immigration Department and the Border Control and Protection Agency, also known as Border Control.
"Those arrested include a local man and a Thai national believed to be 'agents' known as 'Toyu', who arranged the entry of foreign nationals, as well as a local man acting as a 'transporter'. "Also detained were five Indian nationals, one Pakistani national and a senior immigration officer believed to have acted as a 'facilitator'," he said in a statement on Sunday .
He said the Pakistani national was using a suspected fake e-visa, while the others were illegal immigrants. Authorities seized five Indian passports, one Pakistani passport, Malaysia-Thailand border passes, immigration security stamps, 12 mobile phones and INR30,000 in cash.
"The syndicate's modus operandi involved bringing in foreign nationals, particularly from India, through land entry points in a coordinated manner. "This was done with the help of 'transporters' posing as taxi drivers, before the involved officers endorsed their entry despite not meeting the requirements," he said. He said the syndicate charged RM1,000 per individual, with RM400 channelled to the officer for each passport.
Zakaria said the group is believed to have been operating since early this year, resulting in estimated revenue leakages of RM4.1 million. He said two local men and a Thai national were arrested for alleged offences under Section 26A of the Anti-Trafficking in Persons and Anti-Smuggling of Migrants Act 2007. Five Indian nationals were detained under Section 8 of the Immigration Act 1959/63, he said.
"All those detained have been taken to the Kedah Immigration office for further action, while two local men and two local women have been issued notices to appear at the office to assist in the investigation," he said. Zakaria said the Immigration Department would not compromise with any parties involved in migrant smuggling activities, including its own officers, to safeguard the country's sovereignty and security. - Bernama
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