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New Straits Times
18-06-2025
- New Straits Times
Civil servants nabbed in Klang Valley fake work pass syndicate
KUALA LUMPUR: Two civil servants are among several people arrested following an Immigration Department bust on a syndicate involved in producing counterfeit stickers and Temporary Employment Visit Passes (ePLKS) in separate raids across the Klang Valley. The pair — a man and a woman — are believed to be key operatives in the syndicate, which charged foreign nationals up to RM11,000 each for the illegal service. Immigration Department director-general Datuk Zakaria Shaaban said the first raid, conducted at 11am on Sunday, targeted two premises along Jalan Ipoh. The operation was carried out by officers from the Intelligence and Special Operations Division based at Immigration headquarters in Putrajaya. "Acting on complaints and two weeks of surveillance, the team moved in and inspected the premises, where they found one man and two local women conducting transactions," he said in a statement today. Among those detained was a Pakistani man, believed to be the syndicate's ringleader. Initial checks revealed he did not possess valid travel documents or a permit to remain in the country. The team also seized 13 forged stickers, including six purportedly for Bangladesh visas, two for the United States, and one each for Indonesia and Pakistan. Also confiscated were a biometric passport sticker for Bangladesh, a desktop computer, a laptop, and a printer. Zakaria said the syndicate's modus operandi involved editing and printing fake immigration stickers, which were sold to undocumented migrants for between RM100 and RM120 each, depending on the destination country listed. "All foreign nationals arrested have been sent to the Putrajaya Immigration Depot for further action under the Immigration Act 1959/63, the Passport Act 1966, and the Immigration Regulations 1963. "One local man and one woman were issued notices to assist with the investigation," he said. Later the same day, at 6.42pm, the department mounted a second special operation at two separate locations — in Maluri, Kuala Lumpur, and Petaling Jaya, Selangor. "Based on public tip-offs and two weeks of intelligence, the operation team was deployed and successfully arrested two local women believed to be the main masterminds, along with one local man. "Preliminary investigations revealed that the women and the man arrested are civil servants, all aged between 40 and 43," he said. The team also seized 101 passports from various countries — including 74 from Sri Lanka, 13 from Myanmar, six from Vietnam, two each from Indonesia and Ghana, and one each from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Syria. Two mobile phones and a Companies Commission of Malaysia (SSM) registration certificate were also confiscated. Additionally, a Toyota Vellfire believed to have been used by the syndicate was impounded. Zakaria said the group specialised in processing ePLKS applications for foreign nationals without valid permits in the Klang Valley. "Initial checks showed that the information on the ePLKS documents had been tampered with and did not exist in the Immigration system. Each migrant was charged RM11,000. We believe the syndicate has been operating since late 2024," he said. All local suspects are being investigated under Section 12(1)(f) of the Passport Act 1966 and have been taken to Immigration headquarters in Putrajaya for further questioning.
The Star
24-05-2025
- The Star
Immigration smashes two syndicates involved in forging papers
KUALA LUMPUR: Two groups, known as Ejen 001 and Al Ameen, involved in the abuse and forgery of Immigration documents, have been busted in raids by the Immigration Department here. Immigration director-general Datuk Zakaria Shaaban said that based on a two-week surveillance, his team raided three locations in Jalan Ampang and Jalan Kia Peng here at 12.10pm last Tuesday. They arrested five Chinese nationals and one Myanmar national, aged between 28 and 41, and subsequently dismantled the Ejen 001 group. He said the team seized 23 Chinese passports, one Vanuatu passport, two sets of computer central processing units, premises stamp, four handphones, two Employment Pass cards, two sets of Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation application copies, one Chinese travel document and RM50,000 in cash. 'Preliminary investigations found that the Chinese national is believed to be the mastermind in offering immigration document-related services to other Chinese nationals in the country, such as applications for Social Visit Passes and Special Passes,' he said in a statement here yesterday, Bernama reported. He said Ejen 001 was operating behind office premises that had been turned into an operations centre to deceive authorities, while the charges imposed were from RM10,000 to RM15,000 for each service offered. The operations were believed to have been going on for the past six months. In the second raid at 5.42pm on three business premises on Jalan Raja Laut here, Zakaria said the team arrested three Bangladeshi men, aged between 24 and 32. They were identified as being involved in the forgery of Immigration documents for the Temporary Employment Visit Pass (ePLKS). He said it was believed a group known as Al Ameen was involved in the forgery of ePLKS, targeting Bangladeshi nationals who do not have work permits here. 'The results of the QR Code check on ePLKS found that the owner is a different individual and there is no information, while the syndicate operates this illegal activity from mobile phone shops to deceive the authorities. They had been operating for six months,' he said, adding that the fee charged was RM30 to RM70 for one unit of fake ePLKS . The team seized 18 Bangladeshi passports, one Pakistani passport, three laptops, two printers, closed-circuit television camera, a Kuala Lumpur City Hall licence and cash amounting to RM3,446. Zakaria said all the detained individuals were taken to the Putrajaya Immigration Depot for further investigation.
New Straits Times
23-05-2025
- New Straits Times
Immigration smashes 2 syndicates involved in forging documents
KUALA LUMPUR: Two groups known as Ejen 001 and Al Ameen, involved in the abuse and forgery of Immigration documents were busted in raids by the Immigration Department here on Tuesday. Immigration director-general Datuk Zakaria Shaaban said that based on two-week surveillance, his team raided three locations in Jalan Ampang and Jalan Kia Peng here at 12.10pm before arresting five Chinese nationals and one Myanmarese, aged between 28 and 41, and subsequently dismantled the Ejen 001 group. He said the operation team seized 23 Chinese passports, one Vanuatu passport, two sets of computer central processing units (CPUs), premises stamp, four handphones, two Employment Pass (EP) cards, two sets of Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) application copies, one Chinese travel document and RM50,000 in cash. "Preliminary investigations found that 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," he said in a statement here yesterday. He said Ejen 001 was operating behind office premises that had been turned into an operations centre to deceive the authorities, while the charges imposed were from RM10,000 to RM15,000 for each service offered, and the operations were believed to have been going on for the past six months. In the second raid, at 5.42pm, on three business premises in Jalan Raja Laut here, Zakaria said the operation team arrested three Bangladeshi men, aged between 24 and 32 years, who were identified as being involved in the forgery of Immigration documents for the Temporary Employment Visit Pass (ePLKS). He said that the results of 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 do not have work permits here. "The results of the 'QR Code' check on ePLKS found that the owner is a different individual and there is no information, while this syndicate operates in this illegal activity from mobile phone shops to deceive the authorities and had been operating for six months," he said, adding that fee charged was RM30 to RM70 for one unit of fake ePLKS . The operation team seized 18 Bangladeshi passports, one Pakistani passport, three laptops, two printers, closed-circuit television (CCTV) camera, a Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) licence and cash amounting to RM3,446. Zakaria said that all the individuals who were detained were taken to the Putrajaya Immigration Depot for further investigation, and legal action is to be taken against them under the provisions of the Immigration Act 1959/63, the Passport Act 1966, and the Immigration Regulations 1963 based on their respective offences. "Additionally, eight local citizens were called to assist with the investigations. The Immigration Department will continue to intensify enforcement to combat any activities involving document abuse and immigration law violations," he added. – Bernama
