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KUALA LUMPUR, July 2 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has requested that the Malaysian Embassy in Rome urgently help a Malaysian, Dalila Zaidi, who is stranded in Milan after her passport was stolen.

KUALA LUMPUR, April 25 — The Sessions Court has allowed an application by Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin for the temporary release of his international passport to enable him to visit his sick sister-in-law in Australia.

PUTRAJAYA, April 3 —  The Immigration Department is offering free Malaysian passport replacements for victims of the gas pipeline fire in Putra Heights.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 11 — Malaysia’s passport has risen from 12th to ninth place in global rankings, driven by its advanced security features and strong diplomatic ties.

PUTRAJAYA, Nov 28 — The Court of Appeal has allowed the appeal by Toh Puan Na’imah Abdul Khalid for the permanent return of her passport.

PUTRAJAYA, July 22 — Passports valid for 10 years will be introduced soon after some fine-tuning, said Home Affairs Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail.

KOTA KINABALU, July 12 — The Home Affairs Ministry said it would issue passports valid for 10 years.

KLANG, April 1 — The Israeli man arrested by the police with six pistols in his possession at a hotel along Jalan Ampang, Kuala Lumpur, on Wednesday (March 27) entered the country using a valid French passport, said Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail.

PUTRAJAYA, Nov 21 — The Immigration Department (JIM) busted a passport forgery syndicate masterminded by a Bangladeshi national in a raid on a premise in Kepong, Kuala Lumpur, yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 11 — A public university student arrested after crashing into a roadblock in Ampang yesterday was found to possess 19 suspected fake passports.

BATU KURAU, July 24 — Malaysians who have renewed their passports online have been urged to collect the document immediately to avoid it being disposed of within 90 days, said Home Minister Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainudin.

PUTRAJAYA, June 9 — The congestion reported at the Immigration offices, especially in the Klang Valley, is due to the sharp increase in applications and renewals of Malaysian International Passports.