THAI COUPLE IN MALAYSIAN PASSPORT SCAM ARRESTED

By D. Arul Rajoo

BANGKOK, Sept 8 (Bernama) -- The police have arrested a Thai couple for
alleged human trafficking, using forged and tampered Malaysian passports.

Local media reported Tuesday that the suspects -- involved in making forged
passports to send Thai workers to work in Malaysia -- were picked up at their
home in the border town of Sadao, Songkhla, on Monday.

Seized from the house were 12 forged Malaysian passports, 42 Malaysian
immigration cards, 10 Thai immigration cards, stamps, three handphones and
several other forged documents.

The police zeroed in on the couple when a young Thai girl -- jailed in
Malaysia for entering the country using a forged passport -- returned home and
alerted the Thai authorities.

A police spokesman said the couple had used correction fluid to alter
information on the passports.

"The victims were told that those were genuine documents which would enable
them to work in Malaysia," he said.

-- BERNAMA