The Malaysian Border Control and Protection Agency (AKPS) detained two enforcement officers at the Customs, Immigration and Quarantine complex at the Sultan Iskandar Building in Johor Bahru last night.
The agency said the two men were suspected of being involved in the “flying passport” activity.
“The arrests followed a surveillance operation that began at 3pm on the same day targeting the team on duty.
“The first arrest was made at approximately 7.30pm by the AKPS compliance unit after we detected several suspicious visitor data entries using the user ID of an officer stationed at the vehicle zone counter,” it said in a statement.
The agency said its compliance unit also identified data entries involving foreign visitors classified as problematic visitors, which required data error correction action by the supervising officer on duty.
“At around 9pm, we made the second arrest after our compliance unit detected a data error clearance action involving a problematic visitor entry, carried out using the ID of a supervisor stationed in the motorcycle zone.
“A search at the vehicle zone counter led to the discovery of RM2,800 in cash and two mobile phones in the officer’s possession,” it said
The unit also found 11 passports belonging to Chinese nationals, and three Indonesian passports hidden inside a black bag above the ceiling of a different counter.
“Two more mobile phones were found and seized by our officers after a search at the motorcycle zone supervisor counter, where an on-duty supervisor was present,” it said.
Both officers were handed over to the Johor Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission for further action.
