Passport forgery ring crippled, mastermind nabbed


PETALING JAYA: The Immigration Department has crippled a passport forgery ring in Kuala Lumpur with the arrest of two men, including the mastermind, known as "Mama Bangla".

In an operation covering three areas in the city on Thursday (Sept 12), the department first arrested the 39-year-old man in Brickfields and found four Bangladeshi passports, six temporary work permit stickers and six i-Kads, all believed to be fake.

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