00:00The Kuala Lumpur High Court on Friday ordered an immigration officer to enter his defence
00:07on charges of falsifying documents for the Malaysia My Second Home or MM2H programme.
00:13The court ruled that the prosecution had established a prima facie case against Shamsuddin Ishaq.
00:20The 51-year-old accused was charged with making a false MM2H pass for a Vanuatu national to
00:27facilitate the smuggling of a migrant into Malaysia.
00:30The offence allegedly took place at the Putrajaya MM2H office of the Immigration Department
00:36in June 2022.
00:39Charged under Section 26E of the Anti-Trafficking in Persons and Anti-Smuggling of Migrants
00:45Act, the accused faces up to 15 years in prison and a fine of up to RM500,000 or both if convicted.
00:53The accused, who has been suspended from duty, informed the court that he would testify under
00:59oath from the witness stand.
01:01The trial has been set for May 8 and 9.
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