The Home Ministry says A total number of 1.99 million foreign workers in Malaysia were registered under the Temporary Visiting Work Permit (Pas Lawatan Kerja Sementara) as on Aug 31, 2019, as per News portal The Edge Markets “A foreign worker is a person who works in a country where he is not a citizen.” […]
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KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 27 — Some foreign workers who were mainly in the construction and manufacturing industry have abused their work permits by taking over the small business sector, the Immigration department said. A report by Malay daily Utusan Malaysia said over 8,903 foreign workers were nabbed through Ops Mega 2.0 from early this year to Sunday
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Video Credit : The Star PUTRAJAYA: The process of hiring a foreign maid could take just eight days with the Immigration Department’s new Maid Online system (SMO). This is provided there are no complications in completing the nine procedures required under SMO, said Immigration director-general Datuk Seri Mustafar Ali. The first three procedures involve online registration
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SEPANG: Two immigration officers were charged on Friday with migrant smuggling at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) here last year. The two – Abd Faiz Hannan Ibrahim, 24 and Adly Affandy Abdul Rahim, 34 – stand accused of committing the offence at the air entry control counter on level 3 of KLIA’s arrival hall.
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A PROGRESSIVE levy will be implemented by 2019 in a bid to discourage the hiring of foreign workers, the home minister said. Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said employers preferred to hire foreigners if the levy remains too low. “The suggestion on progressive levy increment and the creation of a more conducive and competitive environment was made
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SHAH ALAM: An employer was sentenced to one stroke of the rotan for hiring illegal workers in Selangor, says Immigration Department director-general Datuk Seri Mustafar Ali.. He said that although the law provides for such punishment, it was never meted out in the state before. Mustafa said the 46-year-old owner of a bakery in Subang
PETALING JAYA: The Malaysian passport is the fourth most powerful in Asia, maintaining its position for two consecutive years. In the rankings published by The Henley Passport Index, holders of the Malaysian passport can travel to 166 countries visa-free. In rankings published by Arton Capital’s Passport Index in April last year, Malaysia was ranked as
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Malaysia is already cracking down on undocumented immigrants — and they may be getting ready to arrest a lot more. So far, the country has arrested more than 3,300 workers and 84 employers since July 1. Activists are crying foul over possible abuses of rights, and business owners are also speaking out against what they say
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PUTRAJAYA: Just after the clock struck midnight, a convoy of trucks and cars with 86 officers on board rolled out from the Immigration Department headquarters here. Driving along the dimly lit roads – still empty after Hari Raya – the team headed towards Kapar, where a make-shift dormitory for foreign workers was the first to
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SHAH ALAM: Illegal foreign workers with valid employers can come forward to register and legalise their employment under the Immigration Department’s E-kad (enforcement card) programme. Immigration Department director-general Datuk Seri Mustafar Ali (pic) said the government made the decision to legalise the employment of foreign workers following high demands from several sectors. “The registration will
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