PUTRAJAYA: The immigration department crippled a migrant smuggling syndicate masterminded by a Cambodian man in a special operation at the Shah Alam bus terminal in Selangor on Sunday.
Immigration director-general Khairul Dzaimee Daud said the 47-year-old mastermind was detained together with five Myanmar nationals – two men and three women aged between 18 and 44 – when they exited the bus terminal at 7pm.
“Investigations revealed that all the Myanmar nationals did not have travel documents and, on further interrogation, it was found that they had just arrived in the country on Saturday.
“They are believed to have entered the country through illegal routes at the Malaysia-Thailand border,” he said in a statement today.
He added that the Cambodian man, believed to be acting as an agent, was found to have entered the country in July using a social visit pass.
Khairul said the syndicate was found to have been operating since the country’s borders were reopened in April. It is believed that each illegal immigrant was charged between RM5,000 and RM6,000.
Khairul said all the foreigners were being detained at the Putrajaya immigration depot and would be investigated under the Anti-Trafficking in Persons and Anti-Smuggling of Migrants Act 2007 and the Immigration Act 1959/63. - FMT
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