TASEK GELUGOR, Sept 17 — The Immigration Department has found that some ethnic Rohingyas have entered the country using the services of agents who would also take them to the UNHCR office to obtain the refugee card.
“I had the chance to speak to some Rohingya UNHCR card holders yesterday. They confessed that they entered Malaysia through the borders of Kedah and Kelantan from Thailand and admitted that it was managed by agents. “They did not purchase the cards, but they paid the agent between RM5,000 and RM7,000 per person, and the agent would take them to the UNHCR office. They thought that they purchased the cards but actually, they paid the agents involved in managing their entry,” he told reporters after the operation at a housing project site in Kubang Menerong, here early this morning.
Khairul Dzaimee said those arrested in the operation that started at 11.15 pm consisted of 10 Bangladeshi men, eight Indonesian men, five Myanmar men and one Nepalese man and woman.
The Rakyat knew this was going on for at least 2 years. How is it that imigresenmy are only finding out now? KDNPUTRAJAYA MalaysiaPMO
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