5 more immigration officers held in MyIMMs hacking probe
A source from MACC says the officers were arrested after giving statements at the anti-graft agency’s headquarters yesterday.
The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has arrested five more immigration officers for their alleged involvement in a syndicate that hacked the department's MyIMMs system. The suspects, aged between 30 and 40, were arrested after providing statements at MACC's headquarters. Four men and a woman are among the suspects, and their five mobile phones were seized.
MACC chief commissioner Abd Halim Aman confirmed the arrests and stated that remand applications would be made at the Putrajaya magistrates' court. The case is being investigated under Sections 17(a) and 16(a) of the MACC Act 2009. This brings the total number of immigration officers detained to 11, with six others arrested last week.
The syndicate exploited unused temporary employment visit pass quotas for 2011 without paying the levy, causing estimated losses of RM2.4 million. MACC has also frozen nine bank accounts, confiscated movable assets, and seized electronic devices.
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