Foreign terrorists acquiring Malaysian IDs for as little as S$118

KUALA LUMPUR ― Foreign terrorists are among those who are acquiring Malaysian identification documents for just RM350 (S$118), which in turn is enabling them to find jobs in the country, according to a report.

The New Straits Times said that some of these individuals, who are from the Philippines, have gone on to secure jobs as security guards in the country.

It said that counter-terrorism operatives had arrested at least two individuals from the Philippines who had assumed fake identities and even gained employment as a result. They bought their IDs, a fake MyKad, for RM1,000 and RM350 respectively.

“The availability of fake Malaysian identification documents is worrying, especially when we don’t know who bought them and where they are,” the report quoted an enforcement agency official as saying.

Southeast Asia regional director for International Association for Counterterrorism and Security Professionals, Mr Andrin Raj, said that Malaysia has become a centre for fake documentation in Southeast Asia.

“Terrorist groups, such as al-Qaeda and Jemaah Islamiah, in the past had established Malaysia as the ‘centre’ for securing fake documentation in Southeast Asia,” he reportedly said. THE MALAY MAIL ONLINE