Three Customs officers nabbed, millions in cash seized over Port Klang smuggling ring probe

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MACC chief commissioner Tan Sri Azam Baki on Thursday (June 13) said three Customs Department officers were detained with several millions in cash seized in the ongoing probe into the smuggling activities in Port Klang.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/387cwt6p  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Tan Sri, good morning Tan Sri, how are you?

00:04Good morning everyone, how are you?

00:06We would like to know about the flight container development.

00:08Tan Sri will be working with Singapore, so how is the development going?

00:12We have started the request through the AGC,

00:17because the request from Singapore to other countries requires the AGC's approval.

00:22But we have also established an intelligence network with Singapore

00:29to inform the inter-public.

00:32How is the development going?

00:36Today there will be an announcement,

00:38because today, for example, we have detained a few customs officers

00:45and obtained a sum of more than 3 million cash values.

00:50And I have instructed Deputy Chief Commissioner of Operations,

00:56to reveal the discovery of the money.

01:03This morning, you contact Datuk Siamak Kun Syari,

01:06and he will show the huge amount of money

01:09in the hands of a few of the officers involved.

01:12Are they among the three that you have asked to detain?

01:16Yes, among a few that have been detained,

01:18and there will be a few more that will be investigated,

01:21and if necessary, we will detain them.

01:23So this 3 million cash value is from those that are currently being remanded for investigation?

01:28No, this is a new arrest.

01:32Three?

01:33Three of them, new arrests.

01:35Customs officers?

01:37Yes, customs officers.

01:38So the one who was burned at Pulau Umbang, was he detained?

01:41No, he was not detained.

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