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The Sun
12-07-2025
- The Sun
Immigration raids expose passport forgery syndicates in Klang Valley
KUALA LUMPUR: The Immigration Department busted two document forging syndicates in two separate raids here on Thursday. Its director-general, Datuk Zakaria Shaaban said three Bangladeshi men, 40 to 50, were arrested and seized 130 Bangladesh passports, three Indonesian passports and three mobile phones in the first raid that was conducted at 12.05 pm against an office in Jalan Pudu here. 'The syndicate was believed to be offering temporary work pass renewals to foreigners at a price of RM2,500 to RM6,000 per renewal. 'The syndicate was operating for a year and checks found the three men had valid construction work permits,' he said in a statement today. In the second raid at 7.09 pm around Ampang Baru, two Pakistani men and a Myanmar man, 33 to 44, were arrested and five passports - one each from Pakistan, Vietnam, Myanmar, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka - were seized, along with 24 forged Malaysia Pass stickers and five mobile phones. Checks revealed that one Pakistani man had a cleaning sector pass, while the other had overstayed, and the Myanmar man had a United Nations High Commission for Refugees card. All the suspects have been taken to the Putrajaya Immigration Office for further action, and a notice has been issued to a Bangladeshi man to show up to facilitate investigations. - Bernama
New Indian Express
13-05-2025
- Politics
- New Indian Express
Centre forcibly deports 43 Rohingya refugees by abandoning them in international waters: Plea in Supreme Court
A fresh writ petition has been filed in the Supreme Court claiming that 43 Rohingya refugees were detained by the police and forcibly deported by the Indian government to Myanmar via Port Blair. The petition said the batch of refugees, including women, children and elderlies, were abandoned in the international waters, Live Law reports. The Supreme Court bench of Justice Surya Kant, Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice N Kotiswar Singh is currently hearing cases relating to the deportation and living conditions of Rohingya refugees. The court was informed on May 8, when the matter was listed, about the fact that a batch of refugees with United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) cards were arrested by the police on May 7 late night and deported, despite the matter being listed. However, the court, without passing any interim directions, listed the matter for July 31. Meanwhile, two Rohingya refugees in Delhi have filed a new PIL alleging that some of the refugees in their group were arrested by the Delhi police on the pretext of collecting biometric data. They were taken away and held in various police stations. Later, they were flown to Port Blair, where they were forcibly put on naval ships with their hands tied and blindfolded. Among them include women, children and elderly persons. The petition alleged that the refugees were abandoned in the international waters. The refugees were forced to swim to a nearby shoreline turned out to be Myanmar.
Time of India
01-05-2025
- Time of India
Yemeni family, including 3 kids, deported from Ajmer for violating visa rules
Ajmer: A Yemen citizen, along with his wife and three children, has been deported back to his country from Ajmer due to violation of visa rules in obtaining a refugee card for himself and his family through the United Nations High Commission for Refugees. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now He was studying at a private university in Ajmer. In March this year, a Nigerian student was also issued a leave India notice on March 7 because he overstayed while studying at a private university in Ajmer. Additional SP, CID, (Visa), Rajesh Meena said that Yemen citizen, Abdullah Saleh, took admission in the PhD programme at the private university in 2022. However, he was not regularly attending the university and was not residing consistently in Ajmer. The student, his wife, and three children lived with him on a valid visa. The department's investigation against him found that he was violating visa rules. Consequently, he was issued a leave India notice on April 29 and deported along with his family to Yemen. TNN
