KUALA LUMPUR: It is unfair to jump to conclusions before evidence of supposed ill-treatment of foreigners is evaluated, says Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail.
The Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs is seeking clarification from the Sabah State Immigration Department following a report issued by the Sovereign Migrant Workers Coalition (KBMB) on the treatment of its citizens at detention depots in Malaysia
JAKARTA, June 29 The Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs is seeking clarification from the Sabah State Immigration Department following a report issued by the Sovereign.
KOTA KINABALU: A syndicate involved in human smuggling was smashed by the Sabah Immigration Dept with the arrest of three suspects and the rescue of nine women in Semporna on the east coast.
State Immigration director Datuk Dr Muhamad Sade Mohamad Amin said the suspects, two men and a woman, are believed to have lured the women with the promise of lucrative jobs in the Middle East. Each woman paid the syndicate up to RM13,000 in service fees for lucrative job placements in the Middle East, especially Jordan and Dubai, he said in a statement on Sunday (July 11).
He said a team of 15 raided two unnumbered houses, one at SK Pekan Semporna and another in Kampung Terusan Hujung Batu on Bum Bum Island, over two days from 11pm on Thursday (July 8) to Friday.