Twenty-four Filipinos charged with having fake MyKads

JOHOR BARU: Twenty-four Filipinos pleaded guilty at a Magistrate’s court here for possessing fake MyKad and cards belonging to Malaysians.

They were arrested in raids at residential areas in Masai and Pasir Gudang by the Putrajaya National Registration Department (NRD) enforcement officers from 1.30am on May 19 to 6am on May 20.

The eight women and 16 men are aged between 25 and 60 years.

One of them, Norman Salam, 34, was sentenced to a two-year jail term for possessing three MyKads belonging to Malaysians.

The rest received 10-month jail term each for either having fake MyKad or the cards belonging to locals.

NRD officers Mohd Fazdhly Abd Razak and Mohd Ashgar Mohd Hussain prosecuted the case while the 24 were not represented.