SHAH ALAM: A syndicate producing fake work permits for foreigners was busted and 17 individuals were arrested including two ringleaders in 11 raids conducted in Klang and Shah Alam yesterday and on Tuesday. The syndicate had been operating under the cover of a legitimate Klang-based business which supplies foreign workers. The syndicate’s modus operandi was to source for undocumented foreign workers from India, Bangladesh and Pakistan who were in Malaysia, and to offer them the fake work permits, after which the services of the workers would be offered to employers in Selangor. Items seized during the raids include two laptops, a printing machine and two laminated fake permits, as well as six i-Kad (a personal identification document issued to foreigners) suspected to be fake. On another matter, Fazlisyam said eight local men aged 25 to 30, had been arrested in a two-storey terrace house in Puchong on Wednesday, for suspected involvement in loan shark activities.

Source: New Strait Times October 11, 2019 10:52 UTC