Immigration Dept Smashes Document Fraud Syndicates In Kl

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 The two groups, known as Ejen 001 and Al Ameen, were dismantled in several raids on Tuesday.
Immigration director-general Zakaria Shaaban said those arrested were taken to the Putrajaya immigration depot for further investigation. (Bernama pic)PETALING JAYA: The immigration department busted two groups known as Ejen 001 and Al Ameen, involved in the abuse and forgery of immigration documents, in raids around Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday
Immigration director-general Zakaria Shaaban said his team raided three locations in Jalan Ampang and Jalan Kia Peng at 12.10pm before arresting five Chinese nationals and one Myanmar national, aged between 28 and 41, dismantling the Ejen 001 group.
He said the team seized 23 Chinese passports, one Vanuatu passport, two CPUs, a premises stamp, four mobile phones, two employment pass cards, two copies of Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation application forms, one Chinese travel document, and RM50,000 in cash.
“The Chinese national is believed to be the main mastermind in offering immigration document-related services to other Chinese nationals in the country, such as applications for social visit passes and special passes,” Bernama quoted him as saying today.
He said Ejen 001 had been operating for the past six months at an office converted into an operations centre, charging RM10,000 to RM15,000 for each service offered.
Zakaria said the second raid at 5.42pm on three premises in Jalan Raja Laut saw the arrest of three Bangladeshi men, aged between 24 and 32, who were identified as being involved in the forgery of immigration documents for temporary employment visit passes (ePLKS).
He said following public information and intelligence over three weeks found that a group known as Al Ameen was involved in the forgery of ePLKS, targeting Bangladeshi nationals who did not have work permits.
“This syndicate operated for six months from mobile phone shops to deceive the authorities,” he said, adding that it had charged RM30 to RM70 for each fake ePLKS.
The team seized 18 Bangladeshi passports, one Pakistani passport, three laptops, two printers, a CCTV camera, a Kuala Lumpur City Hall licence, and RM3,446 in cash.
Zakaria said those arrested were taken to the Putrajaya immigration depot for further investigation.
“Eight local citizens were also called to aid in the investigation,” he said. - FMT

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