MyIMMs sabotage: Five immigration officers held (Updated)

KUALA LUMPUR: Five immigration department officers were arrested by police today as investigations on those involved in sabotaging the implementation of the Malaysian Immigration System (myIMMs) continues.
Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar said the five officers were arrested at the KL International Airport (KLIA) and investigators seized some documents from them.
"Investigations are ongoing and we are tracing others who may be involved in the case." he said today at a press conference after a police event at the KL International Hotel here.
The arrest comes in the wake of police identifying a Malaysian as the mastermind behind a syndicate responsible for sabotaging the myIMMs.
theSun reported in June that the police have also identified several other members of the syndicate who are to be arrested soon.
It was earlier reported that the Immigration Department has sacked 15 of its officers for their involvement in sabotaging the system.
The 15 were among a total of 37 officers who had disciplinary action taken against them over their role in the sabotage.
Immigration director-general Datuk Seri Sakib Kusmi said the disciplinary action also includes 14 suspensions and eight who had their salary increments frozen.
On May 26 it was reported that some 100 people, including Immigration Department officers and syndicate members, are being investigated on suspicion of being involved in sabotaging the implementation of the myIMMs.
Among them were mid-level officers and support staff stationed at the KL International Airport (KLIA), who had been in service for between one and five years.
Most of them were said to be working in cahoots with a third party purely to make money for themselves.
Meanwhile, Khalid said negotiations aided by the Philippines authorities led to the freedom of four Malaysian sailors who were freed on Wednesday after being abducted by South Philippines gunmen on April 1.
He said the men who arrived in Sandakan today are reported to be in good health.
"No ransom, we do not pay ransom. We worked with certain parties to ensure they are released. What is most important is the victims are safe. On how we do it, leave it to us and have faith in us." he told a press conference today.
The four victims – brothers Wong Teck Pang, 31, and Wong Teck Chi, 29, their cousin, Johnny Lau Jung Hien, 21, and a fourth sailor Wong Hung Sing, 34, were released early on Wednesday and were taken to Sandakan by Malaysian police.
They were today flown by police aircraft to Kota Kinabalu to have their statements recorded by police.
The victims, who were crew on a tugboat returning to Sarawak from the Philippines, were waylaid by several gunman who abducted them near Pulau Ligitan, Sabah before demanding for a ransom of almost RM20 million for their safe release.
Although police denied a ransom was paid, the South Philippines abductors who belong to splinter groups of the Abu Sayyaf militants are not known to free their kidnap victims before receiving huge ransom payouts.