KUALA LUMPUR, March 5 — The National Chamber of Commerce and Industry (NCCIM) has urged the government to reassess the decision to cancel the unused foreign worker quota by March 31 this year.

PUTRAJAYA, March 1 — Over 600,000 undocumented foreign workers not involved in the Manpower Recalibration Programme (PRTK) are urged to take advantage of the Migrant Repatriation Programme, which comes into effect today.

PUTRAJAYA, Feb 28 — The Immigration Department (JIM) conducted 2,528 operations from January 1 to February 23, arresting 14,361 illegal immigrants, said its director-general Datuk Ruslin Jusoh.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 23 — Two locals were arrested for allegedly forging documents for the Labour Recalibration Programme (RTK) 2.0 in the plantation sector at a premise in Desa Petaling on Wednesday (February 21).

PUTRAJAYA, Feb 19 — The Home Ministry, through the Immigration Department, is conducting a study to extend the validity period of passports to 10 years from the current five.

SHAH ALAM, Feb 18 — The Immigration Department arrested 132 undocumented migrants during an operation in an illegal settlement at an oil palm plantation in Setia Alam early this morning.

TAPAH, Feb 3 — A total of 37 detainees who escaped from the Bidor Immigration Depot last Thursday have been re-arrested as of 6pm today.

TAPAH, Feb 3 — The Immigration Department has confirmed that 10 illegal immigrants who escaped from the Bidor Temporary Immigration Centre on Thursday (February 1) night have been recaptured as of this morning.

SERDANG, Feb 3 — An attempt by two Bangladeshi men to avoid arrest failed when they were caught in an operation by the Immigration Department at the Selangor Wholesale Market in Seri Kembangan early today.

TAPAH, Feb 3 — All 100 female detainees at the Bidor Temporary Immigration Depot were relocated yesterday night to various other depots as a move to temporarily vacate the facility.

TAPAH, Feb 2 — The operation to track down the remaining 123 escapees from the Temporary Immigration Depot in Bidor is continuing tonight.

PUTRAJAYA, Feb 2 — Four of the 130 illegal immigrants who escaped from the Temporary Immigration Depot in Bidor last night have been recaptured as of 4pm today, Immigration director-general Datuk Ruslin Jusoh said.

PUTRAJAYA, Feb 2 — The Immigration Department is redistributing the 2,675 Rohingya detainees held at 12 depots nationwide to prevent them from breaking out of these centres.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 2 — An additional 100 Immigration Department and General Operations Force (GOF) personnel have been mobilised to locate 130 detainees who escaped from the Bidor Immigration Detention Depot in Perak.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 1 — Maritime Criminal Investigation Division director First Admiral Ahmad Faridi Ferdaus said it is necessary for the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) to enhance its assets, manpower, and training to protect the nation’s territorial waters.

PUTRAJAYA, Jan 31 — The government will implement the Migrant Repatriation Programme from March 1 for illegal immigrants to go home without being prosecuted, said Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution.

PUTRAJAYA, Jan 31 — Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail has officially appointed Datuk Seri Hazani Ghazali as the first director-general of the newly formed Malaysia Checkpoints and Border Agency (MCBA), effective today.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 20 — An illegal Bitcoin mining syndicate was busted by the Immigration Department following the arrest of two Chinese nationals in charge of the operation in Cheras yesterday.

PADANG BESAR, Jan 20 — The Domestic Trade and Cost of Living Ministry (KPDN) will deploy its enforcement officers at seven national border checkpoints in Perlis, Kedah, Perak, and Kelantan to combat the leakage and smuggling of controlled and subsidised goods into neighbouring countries.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 20 — The Immigration Department has detained 4,026 illegal immigrants via 870 enforcement operations nationwide in the first 18 days of this year, said its director-general Datuk Ruslin Jusoh.