'Dr Maleeq' and 5 others arrested in raid on illegal clinics
KUALA LUMPUR: The Immigration Department has uncovered an illegal medical operation allegedly run by a Pakistani man, known as "Dr Maleeq", following raids on three premises across the Klang Valley on Sunday night.
The raids, which began at 11.20pm, were conducted at two locations in Shah Alam and Sungai Buloh, Selangor, and another at Jalan Ipoh, here.
Immigration director-general Datuk Zakaria Shaaban said the operation was carried out by the department's Intelligence and Special Operations Division in Putrajaya, following a two-week surveillance triggered by public tip-offs.
"Six individuals aged between 23 and 57 were arrested, including the Pakistani man known as Dr Maleeq.
"We also detained three Myanmar women employed as clinic assistants, along with a Pakistani woman and an Indian woman," he said in a statement today.
Zakaria said checks revealed that the man, who posed as a medical practitioner, had overstayed his visa in Malaysia.
"Two of the Myanmar nationals were found to be misusing their Temporary Employment Visit Passes and possessing United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) cards.
"The remaining three women did not have any valid travel documents or permits," he added.
Among the items seized during the operation were patient record books, clinic stamps, passports belonging to individuals from Pakistan, India, and Myanmar, medical equipment, sick leave certificates, mobile phones used by the clinic, and medical uniforms.
Investigations revealed that the clinic had been operating for about a year, only opened at night, and charged RM90 per foreign patient, with payments made via online transfers.
All six suspects are being held at the KLIA Immigration Depot and are being investigated under the Immigration Act 1959/63 and the Immigration Regulations 1963.
Zakaria said that a local man and a Filipino woman were issued notices to assist in the ongoing investigation.
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