PADANG BESAR – Unit Pencegah Penyeludupan (UPP) menahan 31 warga asing termasuk tujuh wanita di kawasan Felda Chuping dekat sini awal hari ini.

Komander UPP kawasan Chuping, Asisten Supritendan Syed Basri Syed Ali berkata, mereka yang berumur antara dua dan 60 tahun terdiri daripada 24 warga Myanmar termasuk tujuh wanita, enam lelaki warga Bangladesh dan seorang lelaki warga India.

Katanya, lapan anggota risik UPP Chuping melakukan intipan selama seminggu sebelum mengesan kumpulan itu berhampiran sebuah kandang kuda di Felda Chuping dan menahan mereka pukul 3.30 pagi.

Intipan dilakukan selepas kejayaan UPP Chuping menahan dua kumpulan pendatang tanpa izin di kawasan ladang tebu pada Mei lepas.

Kumpulan pertama membabitkan 29 pendatang tanpa izin ditahan 26 Mei lalu manakala kumpulan kedua membabit 21 pendatang ditahan pada 29 Mei lepas.

Siasatan awal ke atas kumpulan yang ditahan sebelum ini mendedahkan terdapat lagi kumpulan warga asing sedang bersedia memasuki negara ini.

Mengenai kumpulan ketiga yang ditahan awal hari ini, Syed Basri berkata mereka dipercayai membayar antara RM6,500 dan RM7,000 kepada sindiket yang berjanji menguruskan perjalanan mereka dari Thailand ke Malaysia.

Kumpulan pendatang itu dipercayai berjalan kaki selama lima hari di Thailand sebelum tiba di sempadan Malaysia dan akhirnya ditahan UPP.

Syed Basri berkata, kesemua pendatang asing itu diserah kepada Jabatan Imigresen untuk tindakan lanjut.

Mereka disiasat mengikut Seksyen 6(3) Akta Imigresen 1959/63 (Pindaan 2002) kerana tidak memiliki dokumen perjalanan sah yang sabit kesalahan boleh didenda tidak melebihi RM10,000 atau penjara sehingga lima tahun atau kedua-duanya sekali. – Bernama

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PM Assures Felda Settlers Over Listing Of Felda Global Ventures Holdings

PADANG BESAR, Jan 27 – Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak today assured Felda settlers they will continue to enjoy all their benefits even after the listing of Felda Global Ventures Holdings Sdn Bhd (FGVH) on the Main Board of Bursa Malaysia.

The prime minister said they will continue to receive benefits such as the annual bonus and "duit raya" (festive cash) which they enjoy now, and the quantum may be even bigger.

"I give the assurance that when Felda is listed, everything which the Felda community enjoys will continue to be given to them.

"I hold to the trust of my late father (second prime minister Tun Razak Hussein) … I will not betray what he has struggled for. I will not do anything that will harm Felda," he said after a walkabout at Felda Chuping near here.

Najib said listing will make Felda an international commodity no longer restricted to producing just rubber or palm oil.

Felda has to dominate the world market for it to make real profit, and not remain a mere producer, he said.

"If we remain a producer, the multinational companies which buy from us will reap the profits while we make only a little," he said.

Najib said one cannot be dependent on others to succeed in one's business, but have to be smart and consider how to make huge profits.

The prime minister also touched on a windfall the settlers would be getting soon, but declined to elaborate, saying he would make an official announcement.

He announced an allocation of RM150,000 each to the mosques in Felda Chuping, Felda Mata Ayer and Felda Rimba Mas, besides another RM450,000 to repair the drains in the three schemes.

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Berita Bertarikh 27 January 2012 (4 Minggu Lalu) Pada 7:05 PM