Malaysia arrests 30 foreigners in crackdown on fake work permits and police reports

In a coordinated sweep, 40 officers from the Immigration Department's Enforcement Division conducted raids on 11 premises in the Jalan Chan Sow Lin commercial district of Kuala Lumpur. The operation resulted in the arrest of 11 Bangladeshis, ten men and one woman aged 23 to 48, who were described as the masterminds of a scheme producing fraudulent electronic Temporary Employment Visit Passes (e-PLKS) and falsified police reports.

A follow-up sweep captured an additional 19 foreign nationals—15 Bangladeshi men, a Bangladeshi woman, a Myanmar woman and two Indonesian women—for assorted immigration offences. Investigators say the syndicate sold fake e-PLKS for about RM150 each and forged police reports for roughly RM70 each, documents later used to deceive embassy officials in Bangladeshi passport applications. Seizures comprised 18 laptops, 21 printers and scanners, three smartphones, ten Bangladeshi passports, printed e-PLKS copies and suspect police reports. The detainees are now held at the Putrajaya Immigration Detention Depot while authorities pursue charges under the Immigration Act 1959/63, Passports Act 1966 and related regulations.