QuickCheck: Did a foreign teen pose as a child to get a Malaysian passport in Penang?

WITH the Malaysian passport being one of the most valuable in Asia in terms of the countries it can give a person access to, it would seem natural that there would be those who would try to get their hands on one by hook or by crook.

It was claimed recently that a Sri Lankan teenager tried to pose as a local child to get a Malaysian passport in Penang, but was thwarted by Immigration Department officers.