KUALA LUMPUR: Five people including a man with the title Datuk are expected to be charged with over 100 counts in a Sessions Court over fake visitors’ passes for temporary employment.

       They were detained by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) on suspicion of being “insiders” in a syndicate producing fake Visitor’s Passes for Temporary Employment (PLKS) as well as money laundering.

       Aged between 34 and 47, they were detained after they recorded their statements at the MACC headquarters in Putrajaya yesterday.

       A source told Bernama that the suspects were believed to have been involved in such activities from 2015 to 2020.

       “All the suspects will be charged under Section 4 (1) (b) of the Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Terrorism, Financing and Proceeds of Unlawful Activities Act, and will be charged in the Sessions Court, Kuala Lumpur tomorrow (today) with over 100 counts,” said the source.

       MACC’s Anti-Money Laundering Division director Mohamad Zamri Zainul Abidin confirmed the arrest. He said the charges would involve assets owned as a result of illegal activities, such as cash, luxury watches, vehicles, land and houses.

       All the suspects will also be charged in other courts in Selangor, Kelantan, Pahang, Terengganu and Melaka.