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Immigration couple nabbed, RM1.4m gold stash uncovered: MACC
A husband-and-wife duo, both Immigration Department officers, have been accused of turning corruption into a glittering side hustle - collecting bribes and allegedly opening a jewellery store stocked with gold worth RM1.4 million.
According to the MACC, the couple in their 40s were “key players” in a counter-setting syndicate that allowed undocumented foreigners to slip into Malaysia without proper procedures.
A husband-and-wife duo, both Immigration Department officers, have been accused of turning corruption into a glittering side hustle - collecting bribes and allegedly opening a jewellery store stocked with gold worth RM1.4 million.
According to the MACC, the couple in their 40s were “key players” in a counter-setting syndicate that allowed undocumented foreigners to slip into Malaysia without proper procedures.
In a video posted on its official TikTok account today, MACC revealed that the duo had allegedly used illicit funds since 2020 to set up the jewellery store, using the wife’s sibling and their child as proxies. The shop reportedly had a starting capital of RM600,000.
MACC deputy chief commissioner (operations) Ahmad Khusairi Yahaya said investigations found the couple had been involved in the government’s worker legalisation programme, which was meant to give employers a chance to obtain valid work permits for undocumented foreign workers.
“Once they pass the initial stage, the employers must bring the workers’ files to the suspects to determine whether the documents were complete before obtaining a Receipt Account (AP).
“However, to expedite the process from seven days to just three days, employers were believed to have paid RM700 for each foreign worker,” he said.
Khusairi added that the suspects pocketed RM150 per worker, with the balance allegedly distributed among other officers handling the files.
“In the four years since 2020, the suspects are believed to have collected about RM900,000, which they used to open the gold shop and purchase a luxury car,” he said.
He also confirmed the MACC had during a raid at a jewellery store in Pahang, seized 3kg of gold worth about RM1.4 million.
“Through Ops Dygo, MACC obtained a five-day remand order from Sept 10 to 14 against the couple after the Ayer Keroh Magistrate’s Court in Malacca allowed our application.
“The case is being investigated under Section 16(a)(B) of the MACC Act 2009,” Khusairi said.
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These officers are betrayers of the nation, they should defend the country security, never just assume they come to work here, they could be criminals, terrorists, murderers, thief, and scamners. The law should jail them severely and let the nation people know, don't take this lightly and play other unfounded ethnic issues to keep msia alive, it's sickening that depict keep using God's law to advance all the weakness, you will get punish just sooner or later
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