Kuala lumpur: The Malaysian Immigration Department (JIM) has dismantled a suspected fake e-Temporary Employment Visit Pass (e-PLKS) operation following simultaneous raids on 11 premises around the commercial area of Jalan Chan Sow Lin, in Kuala Lumpur, yesterday. Its director-general, Datuk Zakaria Shaaban, said that 11 Bangladeshi nationals, comprising 10 men and one woman aged between 23 and 48, were detained during Ops Serkap at about 12.50 pm on suspicion of involvement in the activity.
According to BERNAMA News Agency, initial investigations revealed that the premises are believed to offer e-PLKS services suspected to be fake for a fee of around RM150 per document, while police reports suspected to be fake were offered at a rate of around RM70 each. Zakaria said in a statement today that the operation led to the seizure of 18 laptops, 21 printers and scanners, three mobile phones, 10 Bangladeshi international passports, several suspected fake e-PLKS printouts, and police reports suspected of being forgeries.
Zakaria noted that the documents are believed to have been used to deceive the embassy when applying for Bangladeshi international passports. Further investigations are being conducted to identify the modus operandi and other parties that may be involved in the activity. The operation involved 40 officers from the Enforcement Division from the JIM headquarters in Putrajaya who raided premises suspected of offering fake e-PLKS preparation services.
In the same operation, inspections around the location also resulted in the detention of 19 foreign nationals suspected of immigration offences. Zakaria stated that the detained individuals comprised 16 Bangladeshi nationals, including 15 men and one woman, one Myanmar woman, and two Indonesian women.
He added that all the detained foreigners were placed at the Putrajaya Immigration Depot under Section 51(5)(b) of the Immigration Act 1959/63 for further investigation. The case is being investigated under the Immigration Act 1959/63, the Passport Act 1966, the Immigration Regulations 1963, and other relevant legal provisions.