‘Oncologist’ from China nabbed

Malay Mail: A 56-year-old Chinese national who claimed to be an oncologist was detained by an Immigration team for treating a local cancer patient two days ago.
The man from Beijing entered the country 10 days ago with a valid social visit pass.
When Immigration officials searched his apartment in Malacca, following a tip-off two days ago, the man produced a business card which indicated he was a doctor attached to Putra Hospital in Jalan Bendahara.
Department enforcement director Datuk Ishak Mohamed said: “While he had a valid social pass, he was unable to produce a work permit.”
He said the man had two female assistants, aged 26 and 32, one of whom was a pharmacist.
The man was treating a woman suffering from neck cancer when officers knocked at the door of his fifth floor apartment unit in Jalan Taming Sari at 12.30pm on Thursday.
His assistants also entered Malaysia on social visit passes. Their job was strictly to assist him in treating patients.
The trio’s social visit passes are valid for a month.
“The medication they dispensed was not approved by the Health Ministry,” said Ishak.
The man is said to have visited Malaysia several times in the past to treat local patients.
The trio will be charged under the Immigration Act for abusing their social visit passes.
Asked when the trio would be charged, Ishak said: “We have to complete our investigations within 14 days.”
When contacted, a Putra Hospital staff said the man was not a staff there but had in the past acted as an adviser.