Average RM4,500 per head: Large payouts tempt locals to smuggle undocumented migrants into country, says Immigration Dept

KOTA BHARU: The promise of lucrative payouts has led some locals to risk smuggling undocumented migrants into the country.

Kelantan Immigration Department director Mohamed Yusoff Khan Mohd Hassan said undocumented migrants interrogated revealed that smugglers were paid an average fee of RM4,500 per person, depending on nationalities, whether they are from Myanmar, India or Bangladesh.