Smuggling of migrants: 3 Immigration officers held since Oct 12
JOHOR BAHRU: Three Immigration officers have been arrested in separate operations for alleged involvement in migrant smuggling and human trafficking cases. Immigration director-general Datuk Seri Khairul Dzaimee Daud said one of the officers was arrested during an operation at the Sultan Abu Bakar Complex (KSAB), in Iskandar Puteri, last Oct 12. The officer had been […]
Neighbourhood patrols to curb human trafficking
KUCHING: The Neighbourhood Voluntary Patrol Scheme (SRS) is an initiative to prevent human trafficking and migrant smuggling through regular patrolling activities. The main purpose of establishing the SRS is to help the authorities curb criminal activities in the local community, in tandem with efforts to curb human trafficking and migrant smuggling. Kapit District Information Officer […]
Plan to set up shelters in Sarawak for human trafficking victims
KUCHING: The federal government plans to build shelters to house victims of human trafficking cases in Sarawak. According to Minister for Women, Childhood and Community Wellbeing Development, Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah, the plans involved its federal counterpart, the federal Ministry of Women, Family and Community Development alongside the Ministry of Home Affairs. “However, the two […]
Bid to smuggle Indonesian family of four foiled
LUBOK ANTU: The Malaysian Armed Forces foiled a human trafficking bid by three locals involving a family of four immigrants near Gabma Post Sector this morning. The First Infantry Division in a statement, said an ambush team spotted a suspicious pickup truck that was heading towards the Sanitary Landfill Site area, around 4.17am, about 3.8km […]
Two tekongs with three illegals nabbed while 32 others deported
KUCHING: The General Operations Force (GOF) has charted six series of successes in Ops Benteng enforcement involving the arrest of two tekongs (trafficking agents) with three illegal immigrants, while 32 others were ordered to return to their home country. GOF Sarawak commander SAC Saini Bongkek said the arrests and deportations were made between Oct 11 […]
Deceptive tactics of human smugglers
SERIAN: Human traffickers (tekong) are resorting to various tactics to outwit enforcement officers in their bid to smuggle in illegal immigrants. According to Ops Benteng field officer ASP Megat Faizal Megat Fuad, the tekong would make symbols using wood cuttings and dried leaves — arranged in certain formation, the meanings of which are known only […]
GOF foils human trafficking bid
SRI AMAN: The General Operations Force (GOF) 10th Battalion foiled a human trafficking bid involving seven illegal immigrants in an operation codenamed ‘Ops Benteng Covid’ last Saturday (July 10). Brigade commander SAC Saini Bongkek said the incident happened at Jalan Sungai Paku-Sungai Putung, Batu Lintang around 3am. A patrol team stationed at the Batu Lintang […]
Brothers charged with smuggling foreigners
KUCHING: Two brothers were today released on cash bail of RM10,000 each with two local sureties after pleading not guilty to smuggling in eight foreigners. High Court Judge Alexander Siew ordered Tchong Boon Siong, 22, and Tchong Chen Peng, 30, to hand over their international passports to the court and set November 1 to 3 […]
Man accused of smuggling Indonesians
KUCHING: A local man accused of smuggling four Indonesians — three men and a woman — into the state was arrested at the Puncak Borneo Prison earlier on Tuesday (May 18). A Subordinate Court ordered that the man’s case be referred to the High Court based on the charges that would be levied on him. […]
Gang charged with human trafficking in High Court
KUCHING: A foreign man, suspected of leading a human trafficking syndicate known as Geng Adi Tailo, was today charged in the High Court here together with his group members. Judicial Commissioner Alexander Siew ordered the four men, who are also known as Kumpulan Yeni Ferry, to be further detained at the Puncak Borneo prison, pending […]
