21-05-2025
Immigration dept busts document fraud syndicate in KL
Kuala Lumpur immigration director Wan Saupee Wan Yusoff said investigations showed that the syndicate had charged between RM60 and RM140 per document. (Bernama pic)
PETALING JAYA : The immigration department busted a syndicate falsifying immigration and identification documents, masterminded by a father-and-son team, in an operation along Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman near Chow Kit market in Kuala Lumpur yesterday.
Harian Metro reported Kuala Lumpur immigration director Wan Saupee Wan Yusoff as saying the duo, aged 34 and 60, was arrested in the 7pm operation.
'An inspection of the premises resulted in the discovery of various equipment for producing false immigration and identification documents.
'The syndicate offered e-passes for temporary work visit passes, immigration department cards, Construction Industry Development Board personnel cards and such,' he said at his office today.
Wan Saupee said investigations showed that the syndicate had charged between RM60 and RM140 per document, with each document taking less than a day to produce.
He said the suspects were detained under Sections 55D and 56(1) of the Immigration Act 1959/63 for falsifying documents and harbouring illegal immigrants.
