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  • Malaysia Arrests Immigration Officer And Six Others With ISIS links

    Malaysia Arrests Immigration Officer And Six Others With ISIS links

    An immigration officer was among seven Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) suspects who were arrested in Sabah and at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) from last Wednesday to Sunday (March 8-12).

    The woman officer is alleged to have arranged for militants to travel without valid documents to Sabah before heading to southern Philippines.

    The other suspects include three Filipinos with permanent resident (PR) status.

    Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar said the first arrest was made on a 27-year-old Filipino with PR status and an 18-year-old Filipino in Kota Kinabalu last Wednesday.

    “The suspect with the PR status is believed to have secured funds for Malaysian fugitives Dr Mahmud Ahmad and Mohamad Joraimee Awang Raimee.

    “The second suspect is an IS militant who has sworn allegiance to Abu Sayyaf senior leader Isnilon Hapilon,” the IGP said in a statement on Monday (March 13).

    The second series of arrests involved a 53-year-old ferry ticket seller and a labourer (both Filipinos with PR status) and the 31-year-old female immigration officer in Sandakan, Sabah, on Thursday.

    “The two suspects with PR status are believed to have assisted in the transit of three Indonesian IS militants to southern Philippines through Sabah.

    “The Immigration officer had arranged for the entry of people without valid travel documents, including IS militants from Indonesia and Malaysia, into Sabah before heading to southern Philippines,” he said.

    The sixth suspect – a 36-year-old Filipino man – was detained in Sandakan last Thursday.

    The seventh suspect, a 36-year-old Malaysian man who was a former medical assistant at Jerantut hospital , was arrested at KLIA on Sunday.

    The IGP said the suspect went to Turkey in October last year and was trying to enter Syria with the help of Indonesian militant Abu Fateh from Sulawesi, but was caught by Turkish authorities on Jan 16 along with other Indonesian militants, and deported.

     

    Source: ST

  • Two Checkpoint Officers Who Failed to Stop Malaysian Teacher Face Disciplinary Action

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    Two immigration officers who failed to stop a Malaysian teacher at both levels of checks at the Woodlands checkpoint, allowing her to slip into Singapore illegally, have been redeployed and face disciplinary action.

    Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean revealed those and more details of the border breach in Parliament on Monday in response to five questions filed by MPs.

    Kedah state native Nurul Ruhana Ishak, 28, evaded Woodlands immigrations officers on Jan 17, and was only arrested three days later. She has been charged with criminal trespass.

    When Nurul slipped past the first check by tailgating a car, the immigration officer concerned consulted another officer and hesitated, and took 2.5 minutes to sound the alarm instead of sounding it immediately, said Mr Teo. The second auxiliary police officer tasked with conducting boot checks and counting vehicle passengers subsequently did not stop Nurul’s car nor did he sound the alarm.

    “I do not know the reason why, they’re not new officers and have been in the service for some years,” said Mr Teo. “Looking at their records, they have been in general good officers.”

    Their slow response compounded the “serious error of judgement” made by multiple agencies when grounds officers “decided to treat [the incident] as a less serious immigrations offence” rather than a “major security breach”.

    This in turn meant that the police “did not put out high level and persistent alerts to all ground forces”, nor was Nurul’s particulars and those of her car circulated.

    No passport or identification was found on her during her arrest on Jan 20, when she tried to force her way into the Ministry of Foreign Affairs compound while in her red Perodua hatchback. That led to the trespass charge.

    She has been in remand at the Institute of Mental Health since, and is due to appear in court for the first time on Feb 26.

    Source: The Straits Times