PUTRAJAYA: The Malaysian Border Control and Protection Agency (AKPS) thwarted an attempt by four Afghan nationals, believed to be from a family, to enter Malaysia using fake visas.
The agency said the four were among 132 foreigners who were checked during a monitoring and document screening operation at KLIA Terminal 1.
It said the four individuals – a man and three women – were spotted wandering in the terminal area, which aroused the suspicion of the KLIA Terminal 1 monitoring unit personnel.
“The four were found to have arrived in Malaysia on July 24 at 9.20pm, but failed to report to the immigration counter within the specified time.
“It is learnt that they had been in the terminal area for four days without going through the immigration inspection process,” said the agency in a statement.
AKPS said further checks on their travel documents revealed that the visas were fake.
“The fake visas were obtained through an agent for a fee of US$6,000 (RM25,350),” read the statement, Bernama reported.
The agency refused entry (Not To Land) to the four individuals, who will be deported to their country of origin today.
