Malaysian Immigration Arrests Broga Gang Syndicate Smuggling Indonesian Citizens

The team of officers from the Intelligence and Special Operations Division of the Putrajaya Immigration Headquarters carried out a special operation to arrest the "Geng Broga" syndicate that smuggled Indonesians/Facebooks of the Malaysian Imigresen Position

JAKARTA - The Malaysian Immigration Department (JIM) arrested a "Geng Broga" syndicate suspected of smuggling and detaining 12 Indonesian citizens (WNI) in special operations around the Big River and Sabak Bernam, Selangor Country, Malaysia.

Director General of the Malaysian Department of Immigration Ruslin Jusoh said the operation was carried out at around 20.05 local time, Thursday, June 6.

The operation involved a team of officers of various ranks from the Intelligence and Special Operations Division of the Putrajaya Immigration Headquarters, who had arrested a man (47 years) who was suspected of masterminding human smuggling and two Malaysian men (31 years and 40 years) who allegedly acted as "transporters".

JIM also detained two men, a woman, a son who were all Indonesian citizens.

Based on public information and intelligence results for two weeks, he said a special operations team had been arranged to move and meet the perpetrators who used three cars, namely one Perodua Alza, one Perodua Bezza and one Proton Waja, which were driven by three suspected human smuggling suspects. suspicious.

According to him, all the suspects who drove the three vehicles accelerated after realizing the presence of the operating forces, but all of them were successfully intercepted.

Based on the results of the investigation, the team is arranged to move to the mangrove swamp area around Sabak Bernam, and arrest eight other Indonesian citizens who have just illegally arrived from Indonesia by sea.

"So a total of 15 people, consisting of three Malaysian citizens and 12 Indonesian citizens aged between five and 52 years were arrested and detained in the operation," he said.

The preliminary examination results showed that two Indonesian men had exceeded their stay, while 10 others, including a girl and a boy, did not have valid travel documents or passports to be in the country.

The operation team confiscated five copies of Indonesian passports, cash amounting to RM6,200 or around Rp21.4 million, and three vehicles believed to be used to transport foreign immigrants without permission (PATI).

The syndicate's modus operandi is to use sea routes to bring in and remove Indonesian citizens from Tanjung Balai, Indonesia to Sungai Besar, Selangor.

The syndicate uses fishing vessels, then exchanges them for small boats in the middle of the ocean. The syndicate's auctioneer will regulate the movement in and out of Malaysia, a vehicle that will be used to carry migrants and is believed to be related to syndicates in Indonesia," said Ruslin.

The syndicate, which has been operating for a year, will pay RM1,500 (around Rp5.2 million) to RM2,500 (around Rp8.6 million) for each person based on gender.

Three Malaysian men were arrested on suspicion of committing violations under Article 26A, the Human Anti-Trafficking and Migrant Smuggling Law (ATIPSOM) in 2007, while all Indonesian citizens were arrested on suspicion of committing violations based on Article 6 (3) and Section 15 (4), Immigration Deed 1959/63 and detained at the Bukit Jalil Immigration Depot, Kuala Lumpur.

JIM is emphasized to be committed to fighting human trafficking syndicates in law enforcement in order to maintain the security and sovereignty of the country.

"Strict action will be imposed on any party found to have committed violations under the Immigration Act 1959/63, the 1966 Passport Law, the 1963 Immigration Regulation, and the 2007 Anti-Trafficking and Migrant Smuggling Act (ATIPSOM)," said Ruslin.