Fugitive Iraqi lawmaker Mohammed al-Daini has been detained in Malaysia after he was caught using a fake passport at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport.

Daini was detained on Oct 10 when an immigration officer at the departure checkpoint stopped him after checks revealed he was carrying someone else's traveling document, according to the online version of the New Straits Times .

State news agency Bernama said Daini was still under detention pending deportation.

"The suspect is still being detained because we still have to wait for a new travel document from the Iraqi Embassy before he can be sent back to his country of origin," Abdul Rahman Othman, director-general of the Immigration Department, was quoted by Bernama as saying.

In February, the Iraqi parliament lifted the immunity of Daini, paving the way for his arrest on charges of orchestrating a series of sectarian murders and attacks, including a suicide bombing in parliament.

Daini, a Sunni legislator, has been accused by the Shi'ite-led government of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki of ordering car bombings, mortar attacks and mass murders during the height of the violence unleashed by the 2003 US invasion.

- Reuters