Jobless Bangladeshis living along banks of Sungai Gombak About 150 Bangladeshis have “set up home” along the banks of Sungai Gombak near the Damai LRT in Kuala Lumpur, Kosmo! reported.  Living on coconut scraps and selling empty p...

Eligibility certs being forged, too PUTRAJAYA: After fake passports, visas and permits to bring in illegal foreign workers, it’s now forged certificates of eligibility.  The certificate – a requirement for those from Vietnam and M...

Discovered: Forged certs for visa application By V.P. SUJATA PUTRAJAYA: After forging passports, visas and permits to bring in illegal foreign workers, now unscrupulous people have started forging certificates of eligibility.  The certificat...

Advise foreign workers on safety, says police By HAMDAN RAJA ABDULLAH MUAR: Employers of foreign workers here have been urged to educate their employees on security-related matters to protect them from falling prey to roadside robbers or snatch thi...

Malaysia-India labour pact almost sealed KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia and India are in the final stages of negotiations on an agreement to bring in Indian workers and the minimum wages to be paid to them, said Human Resources Minister Datuk Dr S. Subraman...

Training scheme for youths IJOK: The Selangor Government will come up with a training scheme to help youths gain skills that will allow them to raise their income to RM2,000 within two years. If the youths fail to reach the salary range, they would...

Contractors’ group looks to army model for secure transport of workers The Singapore Contractors Association (Scal), which has about 2,000 construction industry members, has completed a study on better ways to ferry workers to and from the job...

Salon offering haircut and more busted KUALA LUMPUR: It was more than a haircut that was offered at a hairdressing salon for foreigners in Sentul here.  Also on offer were foreign worker registration cards, temporary work permits, multiple en...

Home Minister: Fewer foreign workers policy still on PUTRAJAYA: The policy of reducing the number of foreign workers in the country will continue despite the Home Ministry having a new head.  Its new minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar said ...

Forging govt documents for illegal workers By ANDREW SAGAYAM KUALA LUMPUR: A hairdresser and a taxi driver were among four syndicate members caught for producing fake government documents.  It is learnt that the duo met their potential clien...

Man held with 99 passports IPOH: The Immigration Department arrested a man in Lahat near here for having 99 passports belonging to 89 Myanmar and 10 Bangladeshi immigrants.  National enforcement director Datuk Ishak Mohamed said that the 55-y...

Preparing personal income tax returns By LEE VOON SIONG Who is required to submit a tax return? A person who is chargeable to tax is required to submit an income tax return to the Inland Revenue Board (IRB).   Chargeability to tax would depe...

Fake UN, Aceh ID cards sold to illegals KANGAR: About 30,000 fake Acehnese identification cards and 5,000 fake United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) cards have been sold to illegal immigrants from Indonesian and Myanmar.  Immigr...

107 Filipino illegals held in Sabah SANDAKAN: Marine police intercepted three boats and detained 107 Filipino illegal immigrants near a seaside squatter colony in this Sabah east coast district late on Tuesday.  The crewmen of the three vesse...

Bar Council conference on foreign workers KUALA LUMPUR: The Bar Council's Ad Hoc Committee on the Immigration Act is organising a conference on foreign worker issues from Feb 18-19 at the Crystal Crown Hotel in Petaling Jaya.  "Despite t...

Getting strict on foreign labour By LEANNE GOH and JOSEPH LOH PUTRAJAYA: Reduced dependency on foreign workers and more and better paying jobs for the locals.  With these objectives in mind, the Government will go all out to reduce the numbe...

Government plans drastic cut in number of foreign workers The Government is planning a drastic reduction in the number of foreign workers in the country, with at least 200,000 likely to be sent home by next year.   Home Affairs Ministry secre...

Foreigners ‘colonising’ our estates By STEPHEN THEN MIRI: Foreign workers are “colonising” plantations and estates in all parts of Malaysia rapidly.   More than 500,000 workers out of the 800,000 currently employed in...

Passport to a new beginning By LEANNE GOH and JOSEPH LOH A new year and lots of new resolutions and targets. The Home Ministry is in for a demanding year ahead, pushing itself to go beyond the good work already achieved at certain sectors like the ...

Foreigners don’t get priority STORIES By JOSEPH LOH and HARIATI AZIZAN  Although foreigners make up 17.9% of the country’s workforce, the Labour Department gives the assurance that these workers are not grabbing job opportunities ...