PUTRAJAYA: Border closures during the movement control order period were a boon for a syndicate that sold illegal passage in and out of the country for foreign workers and illegal immigrants, but it all came crashing down in a massive nationwide blitz.
Codenamed “Ops Selat”, 46 individuals – 27 Immigration officers, 14 foreign workers agents and five civilians who acted as middlemen in the syndicate’s activities – were arrested in Putrajaya, Johor Baru, Kota Kinabalu and Kuching yesterday.
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