According to AKPS, the four were among 132 foreigners checked during a monitoring and document screening operation at KLIA Terminal 1.

It said the four individuals, a man and three women, were spotted wandering in the terminal area, arousing the suspicion of airport personnel.

“Based on initial investigations, the four arrived in Malaysia on July 24 at 9.20pm via Emirates Airlines flight EK342 but failed to report to the immigration counter within the specified time.

“It is learnt that they had been in the terminal area for four days without going through the immigration inspection process,” the agency said in a statement.

AKPS said further checks of their travel documents revealed that the visas were fake.

“Following further investigation, they admitted that they had never set foot in Uzbekistan, supposedly as a transit. The fake visas were obtained through an agent for a fee of US$6,000 (RM25,386.00).”

AKPS subsequently refused entry to all four individuals, who will be deported to their country of origin on July 30.