Teens caught using others’ MyKads to work in Johor factory
Thirty-one teenagers were detained on suspicion of working part-time using other people’s identity cards (MyKad) at a box factory in Johor Technology Park, Senai, Johor, today.
Putrajaya national registration department (JPN) investigation and enforcement division director Khairu Farhan Saad said the 16 boys and 15 girls were found using identity cards belonging to others, including their relatives, to gain employment.
He said some had dropped out of school when they were just 12, while others, who are still attending school, claimed they were working at the factory during the school holidays.
“The detainees are all aged under 18, with the youngest being just 14 years old,” Bernama reported him as saying today.
Khairu said these minors were among 117 people, including 86 foreign nationals, detained at the factory…
