Afghan family caught using fake visas to enter Malaysia

Malaysian authorities caught four Afghan nationals attempting to enter the country using fake visas, the Malaysian Border Control and Protection Agency (AKPS) announced on Monday.

The group, believed to be a family consisting of one man and three adult women, was detected during a routine monitoring and document screening operation at Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA). The operation involved checks on 132 foreign nationals.

According to an official statement from AKPS, the individuals arrived in Malaysia on July 24 at 9:20 p.m. on Emirates Airlines flight EK342, but failed to report to immigration authorities as required.

“They were observed wandering within the terminal area for several days, which raised suspicions among members of the KLIA Terminal 1 Monitoring Unit,” the statement said. Upon further inspection, officers discovered that the family had remained in the terminal for four days without undergoing the proper immigration clearance process.

A detailed examination of their passports revealed that the visas were counterfeit.

During questioning, the individuals admitted that they had never traveled through Uzbekistan, despite claims that it was listed as a transit point in their documents. They confessed to acquiring the fake visas through an agent, paying $6,000 for the fraudulent paperwork.

As a result, AKPS issued Not-To-Land (NTL) orders for all four individuals, and they are scheduled to be deported to Afghanistan on July 30 via Emirates Airlines.