KUALA LUMPUR: Six foreigners, including an unlicensed doctor from Pakistan, were detained in raids on clinics run by illegal foreigners in Sungai Buloh, Shah Alam and Jalan Ipoh.
Immigration Department director-general Datuk Zakaria Shaaban said the raids were conducted on Monday (May 19) after two weeks of intelligence gathering and surveillance.
"We arrested the male Pakistani doctor along with three female Myanmar nationals and two other women from Pakistan and India, aged between 23 and 57.
"The Pakistani doctor had overstayed. One of the Myanmar nationals had a temporary work permit for foreign workers (PLKS) pass, while another was a holder of a UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) card. The remaining foreigners did not have any travel documents or valid passes," he said in a statement on Wednesday.
Several items were seized, including a log book of patients, a clinic stamp, three foreign passports, mobile phones and uniforms of medical practitioners, he said.
"We believe a few of the other foreigners were working as medical assistants or nurses," he added.
Syndicate offered medical services, especially to foreigners, at low prices, Zakaria said.
"The unlicensed doctor would perform medical checkups only at night.
"We believe they had been operating for about a year," he said.
Each patient is charged about RM90 and payment for the illegal services could only be made online, he added.
"All those detained were brought to the KLIA Immigration depot for further action.
"We also issued notices to a Malaysian man and a Filipino woman to come to the Immigration office to assist with the investigation," he said.
Zakaria said the department will continue to take stern action against anyone who violates Immigration laws and regulations.
