‘Datuk’ among five nabbed

KUALA LUMPUR: A day after the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) crippled a “project cartel” believed to involve government projects worth billions of ringgit, a syndicate involved in hacking into the Immigration Department’s system and selling forged foreign workers’ permits was busted with more that RM25mil worth of property and luxury items seized.

Five suspects, including a “Datuk”, were arrested in Kuala Lumpur and Sungai Petani, Kedah during a joint operation by the MACC and Immigration Department on Tuesday, with more arrests expected pending ongoing investigations into the possibility of inside help from the Immigration Department.