MACC makes arrests, shuts down gang smuggling foreigners into M’sia


PUTRAJAYA: A syndicate allegedly facilitating the entry of foreigners without proper inspections at the country’s entry points has been dismantled, says the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission.

MACC chief commissioner Tan Sri Azam Baki revealed that the syndicate’s operations were exposed following the arrest of 12 individuals – nine men and three women aged between 20 and 50 – during operations codenamed Op Pump conducted across the Klang Valley, Penang and Kelantan on Tuesday.

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