KUALA LUMPUR: The Immigration Department has uncovered a syndicate involved in issuing illegitimate refugee cards to the Chin people, a minority ethnic group in Myanmar.
The illegal activity was exposed following a raid conducted on a flat in Jalan Imbi here on Friday night.
Immigration director-general Datuk Seri Khairul Dzaimee Daud said the activity is believed to have been orchestrated by an unregistered organisation that had been operating from the flat since 2009.“Based on the seized payment receipts, an estimated 1,000 people of the Chin ethnicity have become members of this organisation,” he told a press conference here yesterday.
According to Khairul Dzaimee, the cards claim that their holders are Chin ethnic refugees who are awaiting permission to go to a third country. He said the department believes the activity was masterminded by Chin individuals, adding that efforts would be made to track them down.Among them, 544 people aged between one and 68 were detained for various immigration offences and were sent to the Bukit Jalil Immigration Detention Depot.
Those detained include 30 children, aged between one and 10, from the Chin ethnic group, said Khairul Dzaimee. – Bernama
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