Melaka human trafficking ring exposed

Low tide: One of the entry points plied by people smugglers at Pantai Lereh in Melaka.

MELAKA: Local fishermen are claiming that foreigners, some paying as much as RM1,800 to syndicates, are entering the country from Indonesia’s Pulau Rupat.

Besides Bangladeshis, these fishermen also sighted Rohingya and Indonesians entering the country illegally, claimed a fishing association’s chairman. He did not want to be named.