Detainees include 18 enforcement agency officers, says sources

KUALA LUMPUR, July 26 — The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) in Selangor has remanded an enforcement officer suspected of accepting around RM8,000 in bribes while on duty at the arrival counter of the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA).

GEORGE TOWN, July 15 — The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has seized various assets estimated to be worth over RM183 million following raids on scrap metal smuggling syndicates in five states since yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 19 — An Indonesian husband and wife believed to be masterminds of an immigration document forgery syndicate were detained during a raid by Kuala Lumpur Immigration at a house in Kampung Pandan yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR, April 21 — Police crippled two separate drug syndicates operating in the capital city following a series of raids between April 16 and 18, resulting in the arrest of 15 people and the seizing of drugs and assets worth RM458,420.

BANGKOK, March 24 — The third batch of Malaysian job scam victims rescued from Myanmar, numbering 24, is expected to be repatriated home tomorrow.

BANGKOK, March 10 — The second batch of 26 Malaysians rescued from job scam syndicates in Myanmar is expected to be repatriated tomorrow, according to the Malaysian embassy in Thailand.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 7 — The journalist of a news portal who was detained at the end of last month on suspicion of involvement in a corruption case has published an article today to clear the air, insisting that he had never solicited a bribe.

PORT DICKSON, 2 Nov — 50 enforcement officers of the Malaysian Immigration Department (JIM) who were arrested by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) in September on suspicious of being involved in the 'counter setting' syndicate, have been transferred to other units.

PUTRAJAYA, Sept 6 — Three Malaysians, believed to be masterminds of the illegal Immigration agent syndicate, were among eight individuals arrested in a special operation by the Malaysian Immigration Department in Putrajaya, Selangor, and Kuala Lumpur.

PUTRAJAYA, Aug 9 — The Domestic Trade and Cost of Living Ministry (KPDN) has busted a syndicate involved in the embezzlement of subsidised cooking oil on Tuesday (August 6), which is believed to have turned a store in Jeram into a base for repackaging activities.

PUTRAJAYA, March 28 — A Burmese and a Bangladeshi were arrested by the Immigration Department (JIM) during a special operation in the Federal capital yesterday on suspicion of being the masterminds of a foreign workers' syndicate.

PUTRAJAYA, March 20 — Ten civil servants, including a woman, have been remanded for four days starting today on suspicion of accepting over RM3 million in bribes from a tobacco, cigarette, and alcohol smuggling syndicate.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 7 — The Immigration Department busted an 'outcall girl' prostitution syndicate with the arrest of 49 foreigners and three local men believed to be working as transporters of call girls and premises caretakers in three raids on Friday (January 5).

VIENTIANE, Oct 18 — Delegates from Asean police forces attended the 41st AseanAPOL Conference held in Laos' capital Vientiane on Tuesday to discuss stronger regional cooperation and partnership.

CYBERJAYA, Sept 26 — The Security Offences (Special Measures) Act 2012 (SOSMA) needs to be widely applied to crack down on syndicate-related criminal activities in the country as a whole, said Deputy Inspector-General of Police Datuk Seri Ayob Khan Mydin Pitchay.

SHAH ALAM, Sept 19 — Police busted two drug processing syndicates and five suspected drug distribution groups in seven separate raids held between Sept 8 and 17 in the Klang Valley.

PUTRAJAYA, Aug 3 —The Domestic Trade and Cost of Living Ministry  busted two syndicates exploiting subsidised cooking oil in Rawang, Selangor yesterday, and seized 12,000 kg of cooking oil worth about RM60,000.

PUTRAJAYA, June 13 — The Royal Malaysian Customs Department (JKDM) is offering reward to members of the public with information that leads to the arrests of syndicates or individuals involved in criminal activities, including drug trafficking, says Deputy Finance Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Maslan.

PUTRAJAYA, March 30 — The Immigration Department has crippled an online gambling syndicate masterminded by a foreigner following the arrest of 15 individuals in a series of raids around the Klang Valley on Tuesday (March 28) and yesterday.