Immigration director-general Khairul Dzaimee Daud said the two officers, aged 20 and 27, were stationed at the Sultan Abu Bakar Complex (KSAB) here.

He said earlier, the department had busted a syndicate known as “Ah Chong” in an operation carried out at Larkin Sentral and arrested 25 undocumented migrants from Indonesia, comprising 13 men and 12 women, as well as two local men aged 34 and 39 who were believed to be the transporters.

He said this during a media conference at KSAB here.

Khairul said the syndicate was suspected of smuggling in blacklisted undocumented migrants since the country’s borders reopened in April.

The migrants were charged between RM5,000 and RM8,000 each, he said, adding that the syndicate might have smuggled in at least 600 undocumented migrants, raking up over RM2.5 million in profits.

“The modus operandi of this syndicate is to smuggle undocumented migrants into the country through LinKedua, and the two immigration officers at KSAB will let them go uninspected before the migrants are taken to Larkin Sentral by bus.

“At Larkin Sentral, there is a special room provided by the syndicate to give them fake passport stamps to trick the authorities and then they will be put on a bus to the Southern Integrated Terminal in Kuala Lumpur,” he said.

Khairul said the migrants were being detained under Section 36 of the Immigration Act 1959/63, while the immigration officers and the two local suspects were being investigated under Section 26A of the Anti-Trafficking in Persons and Anti-Smuggling of Migrants Act 2007.