Ops Getah: 22 Indonesians allegedly used others' MyKad at Kapar rubber factory
A joint raid by the National Registration Department, Immigration and the Selangor Labour Department uncovered 22 Indonesian nationals believed to have posed as genuine MyKad holders.
KLANG – The tactics of 22 Indonesian workers who allegedly posed as genuine MyKad holders in order to work at a rubber factory in Kapar here were uncovered after authorities raided the premises today.
All of them – 21 women and one man aged between 28 and 55 – are believed to have bought or borrowed identity cards belonging to other people to work at the premises.
The case was detected by the National Registration Department (JPN) Putrajaya, which raided the factory together with the Immigration Department (JIM) and the Selangor Labour Department (JTK) under Ops Getah at about 3pm.
A Kosmo! check found several foreign workers attempting to flee by hiding inside boxes and behind machines, but failing after the premises were surrounded by enforcement teams.
JPN Enforcement Director Mazhad Abdul Aziz said the raid, involving 65 personnel including officers, was carried out following a month of intelligence work on the misuse of identity cards.
He said checks were conducted on 74 workers at the factory, including 24 locals.
"Further checks found 22 Indonesian nationals believed to be involved in the offence of possessing fake MyKad and using cards belonging to other people to seek work.
"Besides that, JIM inspected 28 individuals and 14 of them were identified as having committed offences under the Immigration Act," said Mazhad, who led the operation. (Quotes translated from Malay.)
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