SANDAKAN: Sandakan Zone Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) foiled an attempt to smuggle out 22 individuals from Sandakan to the Philippines ...
: Sandakan Zone Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency foiled an attempt to smuggle out 22 individuals from Sandakan to the Philippines last night.
“On checking we found 22 individuals, including two children and one disabled person in the boat, who we believe were about to be smuggled out to the Philippines,“ he told a press conference on the case here today. He added that four of the individuals had Malaysian identity cards, one was a permanent resident card holder, two had birth certificates, one had a IMM13 document, while 13 others failed to show any identification documents.
Khairulanuar also expressed concern over the reluctance of boat operators and passengers to pay attention to water safety when travelling.
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