Berita Harian reported that state police chief Muhammad Sabtu Osman said that an NRD staff member from the peninsula was among three arrested in Miri last Sunday in a raid at a suspected ‘fake MyKad transit house’.
Seized were equipment to make fake MyKads, including stamps belonging to different government agencies, a school and a village chief.
Besides the trio, 34 other individuals have also been nabbed in the anti-fake MyKad crackdown, and are to be charged under the National Registrtation Department Act 1990 and the Immigration Act 1959.
Meanwhile the New Straits Times reported that a fake MyKad costs RM400 in Sabah, while syndicates charge RM2,500 for passage into the country and a fake MyKad for illegal immigrants.
The daily quoted an illegal immigrant who was arrested in a joint operation in Kelana Jaya, Selangor as well as unnamed sources.
It added that the fake MyKads do not have biometric data, leaving holders at risk in the event of checks.
It reported that the Home Ministry is cracking down on this matter following the murder of bank manager Norazita Abu Talib, allegedly by a security guard who, it was claimed, held a fake MyKad.
It also reported that the Peninsula Malaysia Immigration Service Union (KPSIM) yesterday lodged a report with the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission following Berita Harian’s report yesterday that Immigration officers collect bribes to release foreigners trafficked into Malaysia.
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