Malaysian police said Wednesday they had arrested an Iranian described as an expert forger who allegedly supplied counterfeit passports to terrorists and human smugglers, including suspects in a failed bomb plot in Thailand. Seyed Ramin Miraziz Paknejad was arrested on Saturday in the capital Kuala Lumpur, said Ayob Khan Mydin Pitchay, deputy head of a special Malaysian police taskforce on counter-terrorism.
"He is a dangerous man. Driven by money, he facilitates terrorists, drug traffickers and human smugglers to travel with forged documents," he told AFP. "He was picked up for suspicion of being involved in forging passports and illegal provision of visas for those wanting to travel to third countries like Australia," he added. Seyed Ramin, 45, allegedly provided forged passports to those suspected of being responsible for explosions in the Thai capital in 2012, Ayob Khan said. Five Iranian nationals are suspected in what Thai police have said was a botched plot to kill Israeli diplomats there.
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