For money or her own IS mission?


Counter Terrorism Division officers detaining the 27-year-old Filipino with PR status (red shirt)in Kota Kinabalu on Wednesday.courtexy pic by PDRM

KUALA LUMPUR: For the past year, an immigration officer at the Sandakan airport has been secretly accepting payments to help secure safe passage for IS militants from Indonesia and the Philippines.

The 31-year-old female officer is believed to have arranged for them to head to southern Philippines via Sabah although they do not possess proper travel documents.

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