Magistrate Fairuz Syuhada Amran issued a four-day remand order until June 21 for two of them, including a woman, while the other three men were remanded for seven days until June 24.

Bernama quoted a source as saying all five suspects, including two Bangladeshis and one Pakistani aged between 30 and 50, were detained at about 5pm yesterday when they went to give their statements at the Negeri Sembilan MACC office.

“The suspects are believed to have conspired in committing the offence in 2023.

“Preliminary investigations found they submitted applications under the Labour Recalibration Programme 2.0 to the Negeri Sembilan immigration department, suspected to contain false information, to obtain foreign worker permits even though the workers were not employed by the companies concerned,” the source said.

State MACC director Awangkok Ahmad Taufik Putra Awang Ismail confirmed the arrests.