The Malaysian Immigration Department raided a budget hotel at Jalan Wong Ah Fook and freed six Sri Lankan men from the clutches of a human-traffickingsyndicate.
Johor Immigration deputy assistant director Gajendra Bahadursaid acting on a tip-off, the department�s officers saved the Sri Lankan men,who were confined to two rooms at the hotel, at 2.20pm Tuesday.
He said the operation was a follow-up to an investigation on an agent of ahuman-trafficking syndicate who was arrested recently.
The agent, a local, was believed to have collected RM5,000 each from the SriLankans for job placement, Gajendra told reporters here Wednesday.
He said the immigrants entered the country legally but their passports hadsince expired.
�They will be held at the Tanjung Kling Depot, Malacca pending deportationto Sri Lanka,� he added.
The case is being investigated under Section 44 (1) of the Anti-Traffickingin Persons and Smuggling of Migrants Act 2007, Bernama reports.
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