SEPANG: Five Vietnamese nationals were detained after they were allegedly caught attempting to use suspicious passport stamps during departure checks at KLIA Terminal 2.
The Malaysian Border Control and Protection Agency (AKPS) said its monitoring team at KLIA2 detected the group at about 10.20am on Wednesday (Oct 15) when their behaviour raised suspicion.
"Further inspection revealed that the group, consisting of three adult women and two teenage girls, had questionable entry and exit stamps in their passports, believed to have been obtained through irregular means.
"Checks through the MyIMMS immigration system found no corresponding travel records matching the passport stamps," the agency said in a statement on Thursday (Oct 16).
Initial investigations also showed that none of the individuals had ever officially departed Malaysia and had overstayed their permitted duration in the country, the agency said.
"All five were arrested on suspicion of committing offences under the Immigration Act.
"We will continue to step up inspections and monitoring to curb the use of fake or improperly obtained travel documents at the nation’s major entry points.
"This effort is crucial to safeguarding the security of the nation's borders,” it said.
