Duo in passport ring held

Travel document: Aloyah and director of the security and passport division Ibrahim Abdullah (left) showing original Malaysian passports that were used by foreigners during the press conference in Putrajaya.

PUTRAJAYA: Two local men believed to be part of a ring selling forged Malaysian passports to foreigners have been detained.

The syndicate allegedly pur-chases legitimate passports from Malaysians for a small sum of cash, changes the photographs and sells them to foreigners.