Filipino couple detained for falsifying ICs, birth certs

LUMUT: A Filipino married couple were among 18 foreigners detained in an operation at Taman Samudera, Manjung, here early today for alleged involvement in a syndicate which falsify personal documents.

National Registration Department (NRD) Director (Investigation and Enforcement) Mohamad Yusri Hashim said the couple was detained after authorities found hundreds of copies of identity cards and birth certificates in their house.

The team also found false Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) cards in the house, he added.

“We believe they have been involved in falsifying of personal documents for a long time, but it went undetected because they keep moving from one house to another,” he told reporters after the operation which ended about 7 am today.

The operation which began about midnight involved NRD officers from Putrajaya and Perak, and also the State Immigration Department.

Mohamad Yusri said the couple would be detained for investigation under the Security Offences (Special Measures) Act and the Prevention of Crime Act.

The others would be detained for possession of false identity cards or identity cards belonging to others, he added.

– BERNAMA

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