Immigration director-general Zakaria Shaaban said the syndicate targeted foreign nationals, particularly Thais in the country without valid passes or had overstayed. (Bernama pic)KUALA LUMPUR: The immigration department has busted a syndicate believed to have raked in up to RM15,000 a month by forging immigration endorsement security stamps, following the arrest of three people on Tuesday.
Immigration director-general Zakaria Shaaban said the operation was carried out by the intelligence and special operations division of the department's headquarters in Putrajaya following a month of surveillance of two residential premises.
He said the three suspects, comprising a Malaysian man and two Thai women aged 40 to 45, were believed to be the syndicate's mastermind and members. They were arrested in Kajang, Selangor, and Pandan Perdana here.
