PUTRAJAYA, April 28 — The Immigration Department has detained a 50-year-old woman suspected of masterminding the online sale of cosmetic and beauty products without approval from the Health Ministry (MOH).
Director-General Datuk Ruslin Jusoh said that during a raid in Setapak, Kuala Lumpur, and Ampang, Selangor, on Thursday (April 25), a man and a woman, both Indonesians aged 25 and 35, respectively, were apprehended for their suspected roles as online promoters for the products.
The authorities also seized various brands of cosmetic and beauty products, two Indonesian passports, RM3,263 in cash, and 3.3 million in Indonesian Rupiah.
"One of the detained women possessed a valid Social Visit Pass, while the other woman had no valid travel documents or passport to be in Malaysia, and the man had overstayed," he said in a statement today.
All the foreigners detained had committed offences under the Immigration Act 1959/63, the Passport Act 1966, and the Immigration Regulations 1963.
They are currently held at the Semenyih Immigration Depot for investigation under the Control of Drugs and Cosmetics Regulations 1984.
Ruslin added that the operation was based on complaints and three weeks of surveillance, involving a team of officers and personnel from the Putrajaya Immigration Headquarters’s Intelligence and Special Operations Division and Kuala Lumpur Health Department pharmacy enforcement officers.
— Bernama
