OVERSEAS FOREIGN WORKERS: KUALA LUMPUR- PAC recommends establishment of integrated foreign worker recruitment system
.
Special applications to admit foreign workers unhealthy
.
The update-11.24.2020
Sick Earth Plague Day 364
.
.
KUALA LUMPUR: The Home Ministry (KDN) and the Human Resources Ministry (KSM) should set up an integrated system for the management and control of the recruitment of foreign workers to ensure data continuity across ministries and departments.
Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) chairman Wong Kah Woh (pix) said the matter was among the recommendations submitted to the government, besides the proposal for the two ministries to determine applications for foreign worker quotas were made through the ePPAx and MyIMMs systems where the results were given in a reasonable period of time.
.
Ads by: Memento Maxima Digital Marketing
Ads by: Memento Maxima Digital Marketing
@[email protected]
SPACE RESERVE FOR ADVERTISEMENT
.
The recommendations were made after the PAC presented its report on control activities against foreign workers under KDN and KSM in the Dewan Rakyat today.
The committee was of the view that that there should be no ‘intermediaries’ in the foreign worker quota application to the Home Minister, proposing investigations by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) on the matter, Wong said in a statement.
Other recommendations include no exemptions should be granted for the recruitment of foreign workers under the freeze sub-sector and the Royal Malaysian Police need to expedite the investigation into allegations of theft and misuse of user ID in the MyIMMs system.
The PAC also suggested that the Foreign Workers’ Medical Examination (Fomema) be carried out within 30 days upon the arrival of the foreign workers, and stern action should be taken against employers who fail to comply with the rule.
Wong said KDN through the Immigration Department should continue with the implementation of the Alternative to Detention pilot project for unaccompanied and separated children which was initially planned to be implemented in last April.
.
Ads by: Memento Maxima Digital Marketing
Ads by: Memento Maxima Digital Marketing
@[email protected]
SPACE RESERVE FOR ADVERTISEMENT
.
He said KDN should also work with the Women, Family and Community Development Ministry for the placement of women and children from detention depots to centres supervised by the Anti-Trafficking in Persons and Anti-Smuggling of Migrants Council (MAPO).
“KDN should renegotiate with the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) on the registration of detainees with refugee status at immigration depots nationwide,” he said. — Bernama
.
Ads by: Memento Maxima Digital Marketing
Ads by: Memento Maxima Digital Marketing
@[email protected]
SPACE RESERVE FOR ADVERTISEMENT
.
READ MORE:
Special applications to admit foreign workers unhealthy
KUALA LUMPUR: The practice of using special applications to admit foreign workers is unhealthy, said Public Accounts Committee chairman Wong Kah Woh.
He said more foreign workers are being approved via these applications than through regular avenues.
.
Ads by: Memento Maxima Digital Marketing
Ads by: Memento Maxima Digital Marketing
@[email protected]
SPACE RESERVE FOR ADVERTISEMENT
.
He said such approvals are not line with the original purpose of the foreign worker quota application process.
“The existence of middlemen is also causing a problem and a portion of the special approvals were given to foreign workers working in sectors that should prioritise locals.
“PAC also found some user IDs were allegedly stolen and misused to create a fake quota in the Malaysian Immigration System (MyIMMs).
“This clearly shows the system can be easily hacked and the security used is weak,“ he said in a statement today following the latest PAC report on foreign worker control activities under the Home Ministry and Human Resources Ministry.
He added 20 police reports have been lodged since 2017 but until today, it is still marked as pending investigation.
Home Minister Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainudin said recently that the ministry was working toward upgrading the Integrated Immigration System (NIISe) to replace the MyIMMs.
He said special approvals should only apply in cases of merit appeal or special national projects.
.
Ads by: Memento Maxima Digital Marketing
Ads by: Memento Maxima Digital Marketing
@[email protected]
SPACE RESERVE FOR ADVERTISEMENT
.
Wong said the PAC also discovered that permits were issued to workers who failed the Foreign Workers Medical Examination Monitoring Agency (Fomema) inspection.
What was alarming, he said, was that no records were kept on workers who failed the Fomema test being sent back.
He said this opens the possibility of Malaysians being exposed to infectious diseases.
He said PAC has made a few recommendations to the Home Ministry and Human Resources Ministry to improve their systems.
He said one of the recommendations is to create an integrated system to manage foreign workers intake.
He said the two ministries must ensure that all applications for foreign worker quotas are made through regular applications (ePPAx system and MyIMMs).
He said the results of the application must be given in a reasonable period of time.
.
.
SIGN UP TO RECEIVE OUR EMAIL
.
The most important news of the day about the ASEAN Countries and the world in one email: [email protected]
