WANG KELIAN, Padang Besar (Perlis-Thai border): Deputy Home Minister Datuk Seri Dr Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar cleared the air over the total number of suspects' caught over cross-border human smuggling activities.
He said there were only two policemen from Penang were suspected to have been involved and not 12 as reported.
"Some blogs have reported that 12 police officers were arrested in relation to the Wang Kelian human smuggling camps. That is incorrect.
"It is just two police officers. I would like to reiterate that they are suspects and are being investigated," he said in a press conference after visiting the Wang Kelian General Operations Force tactical base here today.
However, Junaidi declined to comment if the arrests were directly involved with the recent discovery of migrant camps and 'mass graves' here.
Yesterday, Junaidi told the Parliament that 12 police officers were nabbed in three separate operations for suspected involvement in cross-border human trafficking.