KL police probe smuggling syndicate<\/p>\n
MALAYSIA: Malaysian police are investigating whether government
\nofficials are helping syndicates involved in human smuggling,
\nafter several traffickers and their foreign victims were
\nmysteriously released from detention, a newspaper said on Sunday.<\/p>\n
Three suspected operators of a trafficking network, 31 Chinese
\ncitizens traveling on stolen South Korean passports and two Sri
\nLankans using forged Malaysian passports were nabbed when they
\nflew into Turkey on Oct. 1 while trying to enter Europe, the New
\nSunday Times reported.<\/p>\n
Turkish airport authorities sent them back on a Malaysia
\nAirlines flight to their previous stop, Kuala Lumpur, where they
\nwere handed over to immigration officials, the newspaper said,
\nciting anonymous sources.<\/p>\n
However, the traffickers were then freed and allowed to fly to
\nThailand. The illegal immigrants were also released and given
\ndocuments allowing them to leave Malaysia.<\/p>\n
Musa Hassan, Malaysia's police director of criminal
\ninvestigations, has ordered a probe into whether the incident
\nindicated that trafficking syndicates have enlisted the help of
\ncorrupt government officials, the report said. Federal police
\nwere not immediately available to provide other details. -- AP<\/p>",
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