Malaysia busts migrant smuggling ring using Singapore and Thailand as transit hubs
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Malaysia's Immigration Department has cracked an Indonesian smuggling syndicate that routed migrants through Singapore and Thailand to slip past Malaysian authorities, The New Straits Times (NST) reported on Sunday (April 26).In total, 10 Indonesian migrantsMalaysia busts migrant smuggling ring using Singapore and Thailand as transit hubs
Malaysia's Immigration Department has cracked an Indonesian smuggling syndicate that routed migrants through Singapore and Thailand to slip past Malaysian authorities, The New Straits Times (NST) reported on Sunday (April 26).In total, 10 Indonesian migrants and two transporters were arrested in an operation conducted on Saturday by officers from the Malaysia's Anti-Trafficking in Persons and Anti-Smuggling of Migrants and Anti-Migrant Labour Abuse Prevention Division.The suspects, aged between 27 and 60, were apprehended at Terminal Bersepadu Gombak and Terminal Bersepadu Selatan along with a Mazda CX-5 which was believed to have been used to transport the migrants, according to NST.«Officers tracked the arrival of a group of Indonesian nationals travelling to the Klang Valley from Kelantan via express buses,» Immigration Department director-general Zakaria Shaaban told media on Sunday.Two Indonesian men and two women were detained at Terminal Bersepadu Gombak along with a man believed to be their transporter, he added. Read more
