Immigration Dept arrests two suspected masterminds of document forgery ring


KUALA LUMPUR: Immigration Department personnel here have arrested two Bangladeshi men for allegedly being the masterminds behind a document forgery syndicate.

Department director-general Datuk Khairul Dzaimee Daud said a raid was conducted on a Wangsa Maju apartment at 11am on Dec 6, adding that it came after a Myanmar man was arrested on Nov 25 for allegedly being a middleman for the syndicate.

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