KUALA LUMPUR: A Sudanese man tried to posed as a United Nations (UN) officer and collect money by registering foreign workers at a coffee shop but was caught in the act by Datuk Michael Chong.
Chong, who is the MCA Public Services and Complaints Department head, said he was having his dinner at the shop in SS2, Petaling Jaya, on Aug 25 when suddenly an African man at another table demanded to see the owner.
“He ordered the owner to sit down. He had a stack of forms on the table,” he told reporters at Wisma MCA here yesterday.
The imposter: Chong (centre) showing (from left) Theng and Chin a picture of the Sudanese man who posed as a United Nations officer at Wisma MCA, Kuala Lumpur, Monday.
When the man became rude, Chong approached them and the owner told him that the man, in his 30s, claimed to be a UN officer and was trying to register foreign workers.
“When I asked the man to show his UN identity card, he refused and snubbed me by saying, I am not talking to you',” he said.
Chong then asked the man to follow him to the police station at SS2, to which he agreed.
“But when the police asked him for his UN identification card, he took out a Universiti Malaya student card,” he said, adding that the student card was outdated it was valid from 2008 to 2009.
“The man then denied that he had introduced himself as a UN officer.
“I left the police to handle the case after that,” Chong said.
The shop owner also told Chong that the man came to the coffee shop earlier during the day with two Petaling Jaya City Council (MBPJ) officers in uniform.
Chong said the man had told the officers he was a university student conducting a survey for his project.
“Out of goodwill, the officers accompanied him to the coffee shop. But the man was merely using the officers to frighten the shop owner,” he said.
Chong said he had received three similar complaints, whereby other impersonators had asked for between RM1,000 and RM2,000 for each foreign worker.
“We have checked and found that UN officers do not approach factories or shops to register foreigners. Such efforts are usually on a government-to-government level,” he said.
Selangor MCA Public Complaints Bureau chief Datuk Theng Book and Federal Territory MCA Public Complaints Bureau chief Banie Chin, who were also present, said they encountered similar cases.
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Chong, who is the MCA Public Services and Complaints Department head, said he was having his dinner at the shop in SS2, Petaling Jaya, on Aug 25 when suddenly an African man at another table demanded to see the owner.
“He ordered the owner to sit down. He had a stack of forms on the table,” he told reporters at Wisma MCA here yesterday.
The imposter: Chong (centre) showing (from left) Theng and Chin a picture of the Sudanese man who posed as a United Nations officer at Wisma MCA, Kuala Lumpur, Monday. When the man became rude, Chong approached them and the owner told him that the man, in his 30s, claimed to be a UN officer and was trying to register foreign workers.
“When I asked the man to show his UN identity card, he refused and snubbed me by saying, I am not talking to you',” he said.
Chong then asked the man to follow him to the police station at SS2, to which he agreed.
“But when the police asked him for his UN identification card, he took out a Universiti Malaya student card,” he said, adding that the student card was outdated it was valid from 2008 to 2009.
“The man then denied that he had introduced himself as a UN officer.
“I left the police to handle the case after that,” Chong said.
The shop owner also told Chong that the man came to the coffee shop earlier during the day with two Petaling Jaya City Council (MBPJ) officers in uniform.
Chong said the man had told the officers he was a university student conducting a survey for his project.
“Out of goodwill, the officers accompanied him to the coffee shop. But the man was merely using the officers to frighten the shop owner,” he said.
Chong said he had received three similar complaints, whereby other impersonators had asked for between RM1,000 and RM2,000 for each foreign worker.
“We have checked and found that UN officers do not approach factories or shops to register foreigners. Such efforts are usually on a government-to-government level,” he said.
Selangor MCA Public Complaints Bureau chief Datuk Theng Book and Federal Territory MCA Public Complaints Bureau chief Banie Chin, who were also present, said they encountered similar cases.
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