00:01Ten individuals, including a senior immigration department officer, have been arrested in
00:07Ops Toyu at the Bukit Kayu Hitam Immigration, Customs, Quarantine and Security Complex in
00:13Kedar on Saturday.
00:15Immigration Director General Datuk Zakaria Shahban said a local man and a Thai national,
00:21believed to be agents known as Toyu, were among those arrested in the 12.50pm operation.
00:27A local transporter, five Indian nationals, one Pakistani national and a senior immigration
00:34officer suspected of acting as a facilitator were also detained.
00:40Initial checks found one Indian national was blacklisted, while the Pakistani national used
00:46a suspected fake e-visa.
00:49The rest were found to be illegal immigrants.
00:51Authorities also seized passports, border passes, immigration stamps, mobile phones, cash,
01:00as well as a car and two motorcycles.
01:02Zakaria said the syndicate brought in foreign nationals, mainly from India, via land routes
01:08using transporters posing as taxi drivers, with officers allegedly approving entries despite
01:15violations.
01:17Each migrant reportedly paid about 1,000 ringgit, with 400 ringgit channeled to the officer
01:24per passport.
01:26The syndicate is believed to have been active since early this year, causing losses of about
01:314.1 million ringgit.
01:33All detainees are being investigated under the Anti-Trafficking in Persons and Anti-Smuggling
01:38of Migrants Act 2007 and the Immigration Act 1959-63.
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