A total of 47 syndicates involved in bringing in illegal migrants into the country have been crippled, revealed Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail.
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00:30So, we have to work together as a joint venture with the authorities.
00:38As far as I know, until October this year,
00:42the joint venture of JIM and various authorities has managed to seize 47 syndicates,
00:50involving 1,285 arrests of syndicates and foreign visitors without permission.
00:59This is the result of the joint venture and that is the decision.
01:03We seized 47 syndicates.
01:06We also set up checkpoints at the door counters
01:10to make sure that only those who are eligible to enter this country.
01:14Those who are not eligible, we reject them.
01:16Those who are eligible, we reject them.
01:18This means that we issue a notice of not to land.
01:24Until September this year, we issued NTL to 25,214 foreigners.
01:35Those in charge of counter-immigration,
01:39immigration officers,
01:41we increased surveillance and surveillance on them.
01:48We increased patrols.
01:51We patrolled through CCTV cameras in the control room.
01:54We made surprise visits to the counter.
01:59And our officers on duty at the counter,
02:03we did not allow them to bring telecommunications equipment.
02:08Before they were on duty and after they left,
02:12we did a body search on them.
02:17Ladies and gentlemen,
02:19they were not just introduced as NTL at the door.
02:23Immigration also created a special team to conduct patrols
02:29before these explorers went to the counter-immigration.
02:36If this team sensed that they had been here for a long time,
02:415 hours, 6 hours, 7 hours, 8 hours
02:44and they still did not go to the counter,
02:46it means that they were waiting for a sign from the syndicate
02:49to tell them which counter they should go to.
02:53As a result of this team,
02:55until September this year,
02:58we managed to detain 6,694 explorers.
03:04Because their address to come to Malaysia was not there,
03:09their money was not enough, and so on.
03:12As the Immigration Department,
03:14the mistake that clearly follows is this hierarchy issue.
03:19We have taken action against almost 300 of our officers,
03:24our members.
03:26That shows our seriousness in this issue of integrity.