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Malaysia: Gov't officer detained for trying to stymie arrest of woman Immigration detained a government officer after he tried to prevent an Indonesian woman from being detained in a raid on an employment agency in Jalan Gombak here Tuesday. Selangor Immigration director Raja Mohd Raja Ismail said the man was in the building when immigration raided the premise used to make fake work permits for Indonesian maids. His men also seized a box of fake stamps including that of Port Klang Immigration and the Indonesian embassy, a personal computer and 20 Indonesian passports. Bernama

Malaysia: Immigration official disputes U.S. Senate committee report on trafficking A US Senate foreign relations committee report implicating Malaysian officials in human trafficking at the Thai-Malaysian border has drawn an emphatic denial from the Immigration Department, write SUGANTHI SUPARMANIAM and... Malaysia: MP wants independent commission to probe human trafficking Stop being in denial and investigate the sale of illegal immigrants at the Malaysia-Thailand border to human trafficking syndicates. Klang member of parliament Charles Santiago and non-governmental organisation Tenaganita, who... Malaysia: Gov't to probe U.S. report on mistreatment of Burmese refugees KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Malaysia's prime minister on Friday vowed to investigate a scathing report by U.S. lawmakers saying thousands of Myanmar refugees were handed over to human traffickers and...

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Malaysia: Authorities uncover fake document syndicate

SANDAKAN (Bernama) - The Sabah marine operations force (MOF) has uncovered the activities of an illegal 'mini-immigration department' which facilitated Filipino illegal immigrants to slip into the state. This followed the arrest of a Filipino couple linked to a syndicate...
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Malaysia: Police say foreign prostitutes not victims of human traffickers

Many foreign women caught for prostitution in Sabah are not victims of human trafficking. Sabah Police Commissioner Datuk Noor Rashid Ibrahim said some turned to vice to support their children after their husbands abandoned them Police arrested 1,107 people -...
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Malaysia: Gov't assures Thai border is secure

Kota Baru -- Malaysians living along the Thai border need not worry about their security. The security situation in the border is under control despite the chaos and declaration of a state of emergency in Thailand, said Deputy Inspector General...
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Malaysia: Six foreign students arrested in jobs scam

Kuala Lumpur, Apr 6 Six African students were arrested here for allegedly running an Internet job scam using the letterhead of a leading telecommunication service provider offering non-existent jobs in India, UK, Dubai, Pakistan and the Philippines. A local woman,...
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Malaysia: Bangladeshis urge restoration of visas

Dhaka - Bangladeshi Foreign Minister Dipu Moni on Saturday urged Malaysian authorities to reconsider the cancellation of visas for more than 55,000 Bangladeshi workers during the economic crisis, officials said. Moni met Malaysian International Trade and Industry Minister Tan Sri...
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Malaysia: Foreign workers worldwide struggle as economies collapse

Iqbal Hussein feels like a marked man. An itinerant laborer from rural Khulna district in Bangladesh, he now scraps for odd jobs in a market town 19 miles (30 km) south of Malaysia's capital, Kuala Lumpur. Last year, he agreed...
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Malaysia: Coastal policing efforts deterring illegal immigration

Sandakan -- The presence of the General Operations Force (GOF) at coastal areas has helped combat smuggling and prevent illegal immigrants from entering the country. GOF Batallion 15 commanding officer Superintendent Lee Mo Le said stationing GOF units at coastal...
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Malaysia: Immigration program targets rich foreign retirees

Kuala Lumpur -- All successful applicants of the Malaysia My Second Home programme will now be issued with identification cards that are similar to the MyKad. Tourism Ministry secretary-general Datuk Dr Ong Hong Peng said the card, which was silver...
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Malaysia: Gov't to reduce population of foreign workers

The number of foreign workers in the country will be reduced to 1.8 million workers by next year. Home Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar said steps to reduce the intake of foreign labour had begun in 2007, which included...
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