 Personnel from the Search and Follow-up Department of the General Immigration Department (GID) who are investigating a forgery case related to the work permits are said to have seized 200 additional forged work visas, Al-Qabas daily. Earlier, securitymen had arrested three Arabs (mandoubs) for allegedly forging 480 work permits during a raid on the company where they worked and seized from the men forged stamps and documents.
| Those'd be either Yemenis or Paleos, I'd guess... |
It has been reported the suspects took advantage of sponsor's ill health who is believed to be mentally unstable, forged his signature and used his civil ID to get work visas which they later sold for money.
"Hey, Mahmoud! The boss seems to be nutz. Let's forge some work permits!"
"Hokay." |
A reliable source said, securitymen armed with a search and arrest warrant raided an office in Al-Rai and arrested nine expatriates for buying work visas from the suspects.
| "Youse guyz better have receipts for those visas, or you're in large trouble!" |
The 12 persons - three mandoubs and the expats - have been referred to the Public Prosecution. Meanwhile, Director-General of the Search and Follow-Up Department Sheikh Faisal Al-Nawaf said a new system will be soon implemented to avoid forgeries and a plan is underway to issue special IDs for company mandoubs. Plans are also underway to make it mandatory for mandoubs to work for the company by whom they are sponsored. |