Student visa deception: 200 held yearly for misusing student passes

nst - Mohd Bakri also said that the problem arose in part because of the laxity shown by colleges in ensuring the students registered with them attend classes regularly.

He said the number of foreign "students" involved in crime such as drug trafficking and vice was alarming.

Immigration statistics reveal that 100 to 200 students are caught each year for misusing their student passes to work.

Those statistics pale in comparison with those who have been caught for their involvement in serious crime, mainly vice and drug trafficking.

For example, a Chinese accounting student moonlighting as a guest relations officer in an entertainment outlet was nabbed during an Immigration raid in early March.... selanjutnya.