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SHAH ALAM, Jan 5 (Bernama) — The abuse of foreign workers’ i-Kad by employers who employed the them in sectors other than the ones they were registered for are among the reasons the workers are still being detained by the Immigration Department.
Its director-general Datuk Seri Mustafar Ali said the employers did so to avoid paying different levy charges for each sector, especially sectors with higher charges.
“The i-Kad entitles the foreign worker to work at one location with only a certain employer, but many have misused it. For example, i-Kad holders registered to work in Shah Alam are detained in Immigration operations in Johor Bahru..that’s an offence.
“Having the i-Kad for foreign workers does not mean that they (employers) can do as they like… the employer should be responsible for the i-Kad holder,” he told reporters after officiating the Selangor-level Immigration Day here, today.
Mustafar was commenting on registered foreign workers who were still being detained by the department in its operations…..
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