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KUALA LUMPUR, June 18 — The Immigration Department has smashed two syndicates involved in forging immigration stickers and Temporary Employment Visit Passes (PLKS), arresting four individuals in raids at several locations across the Klang Valley on Monday (June 16).

PUTRAJAYA, May 14 — The Immigration Department detained four foreign men at two locations in Kuala Lumpur yesterday on suspicion of being involved in the forgery of temporary employment visit passes (e-PLKS).

PUTRAJAYA, Nov 21 — The Immigration Department (JIM) busted a passport forgery syndicate masterminded by a Bangladeshi national in a raid on a premise in Kepong, Kuala Lumpur, yesterday.

PUTRAJAYA, Nov 17 — Permit renewal cost for Indonesian domestic workers (PDA) has been set at RM610 and must be paid for by the employers, said Human Resources Minister V.

PUTRAJAYA, March 24 — Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail has been asked to consider extending the existing Temporary Employment Visit Pass (PLKS) for the textile, barber and goldsmith sub-sector, which will expire in March, for a suitable period.

IPOH, March 19 — The Ministry of Human Resources is trying to resolve the termination of hiring of foreign workers who use Temporary Employment Visit Pass (PLKS) for textile stores, barber shops, and goldsmiths.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 9 — The temporary employment visit pass (PLKS) fee for foreign fishermen has been reduced to RM320 per person in the agricultural sector for the first six months.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 23 — The Immigration Department is ready for the implementation of the ‘Vaccinated Travel Lane’ (VTL) which is scheduled to begin on November 29.

PUTRAJAYA, April 22 — The government has agreed to extend the Labour Recalibration Programme to employers in services subsectors, according to Home Minister Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainudin.

KUALA LUMPUR, April 9 — Two Immigration Department officers are among six individuals arrested for alleged involvement in the Temporary Employment Visit Pass (PLKS) forgery syndicate and hacking into the immigration database.

KUALA LUMPUR, April 7 — The Immigration Department is in the midst of tracking down 21,378 foreign workers suspected of using the services of a Temporary Working Visit Pass (PLKS) syndicate since last year, says Immigration Department director-general Datuk Khairul Dzaimee Daud.

KUALA LUMPUR, April 6 — The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has crippled a syndicate issuing Temporary Working Visit Pass (PLKS) after arresting five individuals, including a man with a ‘Datuk’ title, in a large-scale operation early this morning.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 2 — Employers who fail to conduct Covid-19 screening tests on their foreign workers by February 28 are at risk of having their employees’ temporary employment visit passes (PLKS) not renewed.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 17 — The government is intensifying efforts to create more employment opportunities for locals in the construction, agriculture and plantation sectors to replace foreign labour, said Human Resource Deputy Minister Awang Hashim.