Indonesian man held over suspicious entry stamps


PUTRAJAYA: An Indonesian man was detained on Saturday afternoon after being found with suspicious security stamps during immigration checks at the departure hall of Kuala Lumpur Inter­national Airport (KLIA) Terminal 1.

Initial investigations revealed that he had entered Malaysia via the Pasir Gudang entry point in Johor on July 18, 2022, and was recorded as having left the country through KLIA on Aug 13, 2022.

“However, several entry and exit security stamps bearing his name from 2022 to 2025 raised doubts,” said the Malaysian Checkpoints and Border Agency yesterday, Bernama reported.

Further checks through the system found no official records of the man’s movements in or out of Malaysia during that period.

He later admitted to investigators that he had never left Malaysia since 2022 and had paid RM4,000 to obtain the fake stamps.

The agency said the case pointed to possible involvement in a “flying” syndicate, a term used for fraudulent immigration stamping.

Further investigations will be carried out to identify those behind the activity and to pursue disciplinary action and criminal charges.

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