Low Ranking Immigration Officers stationed in KLIA among 100 arrested for sabotaging Malaysian Immigration System

Zahid Hamidi: About 100 detained for Immigration systems sabotage

THE STAR

PUTRAJAYA : Police have detained about 100 people, some of them Immigration Department officers, for ‎sabotaging the Malaysian Immigration System (myIMMs), said Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi.

The Deputy Prime Minister said the officers were arrested along with syndicate members following a three-month investigation and surveillance on their activities.

It is believed that majority of Immigration personnel arrested were low-ranking officers stationed at the KL International Airport.

"The officers were working with the syndicate for financial gain. Let me reiterate that we will not protect anyone who has committed wrongdoing," he said on Thursday, adding that action will be taken against them.

The Auditor-General's 2015 Report stated that myIMMs, set up to support the Immigration Department's main operations was not functioning satisfactorily, impairing its objective.

The report said a biometric facility worth RM10.3mil was procured for myIMMs to screen and identify foreigners as well as Malaysians at the country's entry points but had not been installed.