TAWAU: The National Registration Department (NRD) and the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC), in collaboration through Op Lancar, cracked down a syndicate smuggling Filipino illegal immigrants by air from Sabah to the peninsula.
Home Ministry secretary-general Datuk Ruji Ubi said 15 individuals were arrested in raids in Kuala Lumpur, Johor and Tawau on Thursday (March 23) following information provided by a Filipino arrested in the Klang Valley three months ago.
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