A syndicate led by 6 Bangladeshi men was busted by the Malaysian Immigration Department on Aug 19 and 20, following the arrest of a Bangladeshi man who acted as a runner for the syndicate on Aug 18.
The men arrested were aged 26 to 40. They had been arrested when raids were conducted on three kiosks selling telephone and electronic equipment and a travel agency kiosk suspected of carrying out money-changing activities without a license and also cash amounting to RM44,035 suspected to be from money-changing activities was also seized, besides books and records of remittances to countries such as Bangladesh and Indonesia.
Immigration director-general Datuk Seri Khairul Dzaimee Daud(pix) said “All those arrested are workers and caretakers at the kiosk. The syndicate’s 36-year-old mastermind did not possess any identification documents when he was arrested, “
He added that the syndicate worked as an agent because 15 Bangladeshi passports were seized.
Bd-pratidin English/Ishrar Tabassum
