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***StarDust*** · 12-07-2008, 06:59 AM

M'sia cracks down on corruption at immigration

KUALA LUMPUR - MALAYSIA has arrested seven people, including a top immigration officer, for suspected graft in a major crackdown against corruption at the immigration department, domestic media said on Friday.

The seven were suspected of fraudulently issuing visas for foreign workers, news agency Bernama said.

Malaysia is a magnet for cheap labour from India, Pakistan, Nepal, Indonesia and Bangladesh. The country is home to two million legal foreign workers, as well as another 500,000 to 700,000 working illegally. Many resort to bribery to speed up their visa applications or to avoid deportation.

The Anti-Corruption Agency (ACA) said the seven, aged between 35 and 64 years, were detained in a sweep around Kuala Lumpur over the last three days.

'They are now being held under remand to facilitate investigations,' ACA investigations director Mohamad Shukri Abdull said. 'We also seized almost 500,000 ringgit (S$209,121) from the suspects in the operation.' Bernama said a labour agent has to pay 350 ringgit for each foreign worker in order to speed up approval by the immigration.

Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi announced in April sweeping reforms to tackle corruption and shake-up the judiciary.

Under the plan, the ACA would become a more independent body. The ACA reports to the prime minister, not parliament, and has been criticised for apparently bungling politically sensitive cases and failing to secure enough high-profile convictions. -- REUTERS

Source: http://www.straitstimes.com/Latest%2...4.html?vgnmr=1

goblin · 12-07-2008, 09:42 AM

about time...

**raph** · 12-07-2008, 04:24 PM

kinda late right... but better den not...

**Siong2** · 12-07-2008, 04:33 PM

Hope to see more results. Time for their police to wake up, do some work rather then waiting for someone to "feed" them.

**J0k3r** · 12-07-2008, 04:34 PM

one down but somehow i think another officer will take over and the same thing will repeat again......

shypineapple · 12-07-2008, 04:37 PM

they can never have a wipe out all of them.
the forces themselves are alr like that -.-

**maplecoveredhea** · 13-07-2008, 08:08 AM

haha malaysian security is a joke... last time I went there, my brother and I were walking towards the x-ray scanner thinggie for your bags as you exit the airport, and embark upon the country's terrain... lo and behold, the security were playing POKER on the very conveyer belts we needed to put our luggage on for inspection. They had their chips, money, drinks out on the belts, and looked up at us as we came closer. They all ignored us, and when we finally asked them what we were supposed to do, they told us not to bother their game and proceed to enter the country without inspection... O_O furthermore, they made us walk AROUND that scanner thing to check for weapons on your person. Apparently, they didn't want to trigger an alarm... -_-;;

**The Game** · 13-07-2008, 09:33 AM

m'sia this, m'sia that. oh ok, carry on, fools trying to rise above themselves, give them some chance

**Siong2** · 13-07-2008, 02:28 PM

suddenly got a feeling, those kena caught think never bribe the investigating officer so they kena caught.