2 Bangladeshis running immigration programme nabbed
PUTRAJAYA: The Immigration Department has crippled a syndicate managing the Return Recalibration Programme operating from a room at a shop in Lebuh Ampang, Kuala Lumpur in a raid on Tuesday and detained two Bangladeshi nationals believed to be the masterminds.
Immigration director-general Khairul Dzaimee Daud said one of the two men was wanted by its Kedah office following the arrest of a Recalibration Programme agent in the state in March.
He said the syndicate was suspected of issuing Bangladesh Travel Documents in a disorderly manner and cheating Bangladeshi nationals under the Immigration Department’s Recalibration Programme.
“The syndicate targeted Bangladeshi nationals who had overstayed or did not have a document in the country,” he said in a statement today.
Based on preliminary information, he said the syndicate charged between RM1,100 and RM2,600 for every recalibration application while the application for a travel document would be charged RM1,000 to RM1,500.
Several items believed to be linked to the illegal activity were found during the raid namely four passports, four Bangladesh travel documents, scores of online appointment slips from various state immigration offices nationwide, movement control order permit forms for interstate travel, Bangladesh embassy documents and eight bank cards.
Based on the slips, the syndicate was suspected to have managed more than 200 applications for the Recalibration Programme, he said.
Khairul Dzaimee said the suspects, aged 38 and 53, were detained and investigated under the Immigration Act 1959/63 and Passports Act 1966.
He said the Immigration Department had never appointed any agent to manage the Recalibration Programme.
“The public is advised to deal directly with our department and should not believe in third parties who claim to manage the Recalibration Programme,” he added. - FMT
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