PUTRAJAYA: The Immigration Department has arrested four suspects for offering fraudulent immigration services to foreigners in a special operation in Kuala Lumpur and Bandar Bukit Raja, Selangor on Wednesday (March 12) and Thursday.
Its director-general Datuk Zakaria Shaaban said the four Bangladeshis, aged between 22 and 38, were detained following public tip-off and two weeks of intelligence gathering.
He said preliminary checks revealed that two of the individuals held temporary employment visit passes in the construction sector, while the other two had overstayed.
"Their modus operandi involved offering immigration services to foreigners in the country, such as special passes.
"These agents primarily targeted Bangladeshi, Myanmar, Indonesian, and Nepalese nationals who had overstayed or whose visit passes had expired," he said in a statement on Friday.
Zakaria added that enforcement officers seized 134 passports from various countries, namely Bangladesh, Nepal, Myanmar, Indonesia and India, four mobile phones, one laptop, RM69,380 in cash, and two vehicles.
All four Bangladeshi nationals were detained on suspicion of offences under Section 12(1) of the Passports Act 1966 and Section 56(1A)(a) of the Immigration Act 1959/63 and were taken to the immigration office here for further action.
Meanwhile, he said a Malaysian woman and three Bangladeshi men were issued notices to appear at the office to assist in the investigation. - Bernama
