SABAH Immigration Department has arrested six people on suspicion of forging identification documents following a series of raids over the past two days.

Sabah Immigration Department director SH Sitti Saleha Habib Yussof said in a media conference today that three men and three women, aged 24 to 59, were arrested, but their nationalities were still being determined, along with their roles in the gang.

The arrests were made following a raid by six members of the Sabah Immigration intelligence unit on a house at Kampung Sembulan Lama, Kota Kinabalu.

“During the raid, we found three men and two women who were in possession of fake entry permits, and we confiscated 28 permits, along with forgeries of payment documents and IMM13 applications,” she said, adding that interrogation led to another raid at the Riverside Sembulan area at about 1pm yesterday and the arrest of another woman.

In addition to the arrest, the team found other suspected fake documents and seized RM744 in cash. The female suspect then provided information about a house around Kuala Menggatal, which was raided and more fake immigration documents were seized.

She believed the group had been working since April 2022 and had made a profit of between RM60,000 and RM100,000.

“We are now tracking another suspect, who is believed to be in Peninsular Malaysia. We are also investigating to find out if this case is related to previous cases in Sabah,” she said, adding that the case was being investigated under section 55D and section 56 (1) (l) of the Immigration Act 1959/63. – Bernama, March 31, 2023.