A total of 717 arrests were made between 2020 and 2024 in joint operations by the National Registration Department and various enforcement agencies to combat identity card forgery and the unlawful possession of another person's identity card, the Home Ministry told the Dewan Rakyat on Thursday (Feb 20).
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00:00Thank you, Mr. Prime Minister, for the answer you gave earlier with the efforts of monitoring and strategic cooperation of various agencies.
00:10And yesterday, I would like to draw attention, Mr. Prime Minister, on a change in social media,
00:17on a police report on 7 January, on an immigration officer who was detained,
00:24who was detained with 12 foreign passports, which happened in January,
00:30and he was arrested, I understand, and moved to the KLIA depot.
00:34And to this day, I understand, he is still not at work.
00:38My question is, how can he manipulate the immigration record?
00:45And how can the ministry address this problem?
00:50Firstly, because I understand that the government officials are not afraid of being punished
00:57only by regular actions.
01:00What is the solution to this?
01:02And secondly, does the KDN have a specific timeline for more aggressive actions to be taken to track
01:10whether there is a syndicate with this passport or with the ID card earlier?
01:15Because the officer who was detained is still doing the fly passport activity.
01:25He can take 30 fly passports and get a profit of Rp 1,400.
01:3010 days of work and he gets Rp 14,000.
01:33So this is a very worrying thing for us.
01:37Thank you, Mr. Prime Minister.
01:39Thank you, Mr. Prime Minister.
01:41Yes, that's right, thank you.
01:43For the passport, I will give it to the Ministry of Justice because it involves the Immigration Department.
01:50This is related to the State Registration Department.
01:54However, we have rules, regulations, and strict regulations.
02:00Any officer who commits a crime will still be taken into account based on the crime they committed.
02:06We have no compromise.
02:08This is an important document for the country.
02:10The identity of the country is very important.
02:13First of all, we have to provide basic information.
02:15Fourth, in terms of our law enforcement, I want to say that we are firm
02:21because the activities of law enforcement are given great attention
02:29and it has a great impact on the security of the country.
02:33This is about identity and control.
02:36We carry out joint operations with law enforcement agencies.
02:41This is what you asked about the law enforcement earlier.
02:43Like PDRM, we also carry out with Immigration, and we also carry out with SPRM.
02:50And throughout the period of 2020 to 2024,
02:54JPN has carried out law enforcement continuously and brought in 717 arrests.
03:02Of the number mentioned, a total of 320 individuals have been charged
03:07for a crime under Rule 25-1-e and the charges mentioned in the original answer earlier
03:17involving the crime of possession of fake ID cards and the use of other people's ID cards.
03:22This means that in terms of our law enforcement, we are firm.
03:26However, we are aware that changes are taking place, technology is changing,
03:29and their actions are also increasing.
03:32We also increase our efforts to deal with all the changes that lie ahead of us.