Immigration officers, including supervisors, at the counters of KL International Airport Terminals 1 and 2 should not have access to their mobile phones while on duty, says Tan Sri Azam Baki.
Speaking at a press conference at the MACC headquarters on Wednesday (Sept 18), the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) chief commissioner revealed that the commission has recommended this to the Immigration Department following a crackdown on "counter setting" activities, which led to the arrest of 49 Immigration officers.
Azam added that the commission had identified 11 key issues and weaknesses within the Immigration Department that allowed syndicates to exploit the counter setting method to smuggle people into the country.
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Speaking at a press conference at the MACC headquarters on Wednesday (Sept 18), the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) chief commissioner revealed that the commission has recommended this to the Immigration Department following a crackdown on "counter setting" activities, which led to the arrest of 49 Immigration officers.
Azam added that the commission had identified 11 key issues and weaknesses within the Immigration Department that allowed syndicates to exploit the counter setting method to smuggle people into the country.
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00:00We have a brief suggestion from SBRM before we make an engagement with Immigration
00:09on the improvement that needs to be done.
00:11This is in the form of a request from SBRM to make an engagement and investigation
00:22on behalf of Immigration to ensure that SBRM's rules of conduct
00:28on behalf of Immigration cannot be revised in the future
00:34and can be suggested to the government for improvement.
00:38Among other things, the officers in KLA 1 and KLA 2,
00:42including the investigators, are not allowed to bring their mobile phones
00:46when on duty to avoid being easily contacted by other parties.
00:51A communication network must be established as long as they are on duty.
00:56Second, the officers' appointment schedule is made when they are on duty
01:01and are already in the counter zone.
01:03The appointment schedule may be made by other parties.