Fake foreign worker permit ops busted


Not above board: Baharuddin (second from right) going through a passport, which was among the items seized during Ops Serkap, during a press conference held at the Immigration headquarters in Johor Baru. — THOMAS YONG/The Star

JOHOR BARU: For months, a Bangladeshi has been raking in profits by operating a fake working permit renewal operation that catered to foreign workers.

To make his operation look legitimate, the 26-year-old had registered a company with the Companies Commission of Malaysia (CCM).

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