Forgery ring likely been active for a year while illicit massage service has been running for four months, says Zakaria

KUALA LUMPUR, June 18 — The Immigration Department has smashed two syndicates involved in forging immigration stickers and Temporary Employment Visit Passes (PLKS), arresting four individuals in raids at several locations across the Klang Valley on Monday (June 16).

KUALA LUMPUR, May 23 — Two groups known as Ejen 001 and Al Ameen, involved in the abuse and forgery of Immigration documents, were busted in raids by the Immigration Department on Tuesday (May 20).

KUALA LUMPUR, May 21 — The Immigration Department conducted a special operation on Monday (May 19) at three separate locations in the capital and in Selangor, including a clinic suspected of employing an uncertified foreign doctor.

PUTRAJAYA, May 14 — The Immigration Department detained four foreign men at two locations in Kuala Lumpur yesterday on suspicion of being involved in the forgery of temporary employment visit passes (e-PLKS).

KUALA LUMPUR, May 3 — The Immigration Department rescued 10 underage foreign girls believed to be victims of sexual exploitation during a raid on a spa and massage centre in Johor Bahru yesterday.

PUTRAJAYA, April 23 — The Immigration Department detained 22 foreign men for various offences in three raids at recycling factories in Sungai Besi, Kuala Lumpur yesterday.

PUTRAJAYA, March 28 — An Immigration officer has been arrested for suspected involvement in allowing foreigners into the country without being checked by the Immigration Department.

PUTRAJAYA, March 21 — The Immigration Department has foiled a migrant smuggling syndicate in a special operation conducted on March 19, in Ampang, Selangor.

PUTRAJAYA, March 14 — The Immigration Department arrested four Bangladeshi nationals suspected of acting as agents offering fraudulent immigration services to foreigners in a special operation conducted in Kuala Lumpur and Bandar Bukit Raja, Selangor, on Wednesday (March 12) and yesterday.

PUTRAJAYA, March 6 — The Immigration Department has busted an illegal foreign worker agency, detaining six foreign nationals in special operations at three locations — Taman Kemuning Utama in Shah Alam, Taman Pandan Cahaya in Ampang, and Jalan Datuk Eusoff in Kuala Lumpur.

PUTRAJAYA, Feb 13 — The Immigration Department enforcement inspectorate teams will be deployed to inspect Ramadan bazaars nationwide to ensure that traders do not transfer their licences to others, particularly foreign nationals.

PUTRAJAYA, Feb 8 — The Immigration Department seized RM3.6 million and arrested 10 foreign nationals in a special operation targeting an illegal money transfer syndicate in Klang and Brickfields, Kuala Lumpur on Thursday (February 6), said Immigration director-general Datuk Zakaria Shaaban.

PUTRAJAYA, Jan 18 — The Immigration Department detained 76 illegal immigrants during an early morning operation at foreign worker settlements in Shah Alam and Kajang yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 11 — The Immigration Department has dismissed viral claims that the government will implement the Workforce Recalibration Programme 3.0 (RTK 3.0) soon.

PUTRAJAYA, Jan 11 — Claims that Chinese nationals are not required to go through immigration checks and procedures and are not stopped when entering Malaysia are baseless, said Immigration Department Director-General Datuk Zakaria Shaaban.

PUTRAJAYA, Jan 10 — A five-hectare vegetable farm in Telok Panglima Garang, operated by foreign nationals from Bangladesh and Pakistan, was raided by the Immigration Department.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 24 — The National Integrated Immigration System (NIISe) equipped with artificial intelligence technology is expected to be fully completed in 2028, said Immigration director-general Datuk Zakaria Shaaban.

PUTRAJAYA, Nov 20 — The recent incident involving a foreign traveller being treated roughly, including being punched by an officer at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport Terminal 1, did not involve Immigration Department officers.

PORT DICKSON, Nov 2 — Immigration Director-General Datuk Zakaria Shaaban has urged all personnel and enforcement officers of the Malaysian Immigration Department (JIM) to always uphold the principles of trust and loyalty while maintaining their service integrity.