A Malaysian man has been jailed 15 months by Sha Tin Magistracy for possessing forged immigration stamp dies.

Chong Yong Nam, 26, pleaded guilty today to one count of possessing false instruments.

Customs & Excise officers found rubber immigration stamp facings of various countries on his body when he arrived at the airport on March 17. Chong admitted he brought the stamp dies and pads, inks and date chops to Hong Kong at the request by an African at Kuala Lumpur Airport, for a reward. He was told to drop them all in a litterbin at the airport on arrival.

The five stamp dies of Indonesia, Vietnam and Canada were later confirmed to be fake.