Key member of syndicate smuggling Thai massage therapists arrested in JB


PETALING JAYA: A key member of a syndicate responsible for smuggling in undocumented migrants from Thailand to work as massage therapists in Johor Baru has been arrested.

The detention of the man, who is in his 40s, led to the arrest of 18 Thai women and three other men, all in Johor Baru.

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