The Immigration Department has arrested five local men suspected of involvement in a syndicate forging immigration and National Registration Department (NRD) documents targeting elderly citizens seeking to marry foreigners, during a special operation last Thursday.

Immigration director-general Zakaria Shaaban said the group, believed to have operated for about a year, targeted elderly locals in the Klang Valley seeking to marry foreigners, charging fees ranging from RM50 to RM500 per application...