Three suspected human traffickers nabbed, nine women rescued in Semporna

KOTA KINABALU: A syndicate involved in human smuggling was smashed by the Sabah Immigration Dept with the arrest of three suspects and the rescue of nine women in Semporna on the east coast.

State Immigration director Datuk Dr Muhamad Sade Mohamad Amin said the suspects, two men and a woman, are believed to have lured the women with the promise of lucrative jobs in the Middle East.