Nur Jazlan: Police investigating bogus foreign worker legalisation services
THE STAR
KUALA LUMPUR: Police are investigating instances of bogus agents offering their services to legalise foreign workers under the rehiring programme, says Datuk Nur Jazlan Mohamed (pic).
The Deputy Home Minister said the matter came to light following investigations into an unauthorised company offering such services through social media.
"A police report was lodge against the company, which is currently under investigation.
"However, several more unauthorised agents were discovered, who claimed they were able to legalise and register illegal foreign workers," he told The Star here Wednesday.
Nur Jazlan said the companies mandated for this rehiring programme were Bukti Megah Sdn Bhd, International Marketing and Net Resources Sdn Bhd (Iman) and MyEG.
"Illegals foreign workers and employers who want to register under the rehiring programme should make sure do so with the authorised companies.
"We don't want them to be duped only to find out later that their documents are not valid resulting in prosecution," he said.
This online registration of illegal foreign workers, which began on Feb 15, was supposed to end on Dec 31, but the Cabinet reportedly decided to bring the deadline forward to June 30 due to lacklustre response.
