SEPANG: The Home Ministry will investigate reports alleging that My E.G. Services Berhad (MyEG) or its employees have been enlisting third-party agents to manage the application of Foreign Workers Permit Renewal (PLKS).

Deputy Minister Datuk Nur Jazlan Mohamed (pic) said many reports have been received from the public claiming that the company or its officers had appointed agents to apply for PLKS.

He added that the ministry was investigating the authenticity of the reports and took the issue seriously.

“This should not be happening as the condition imposed on MyEG was that they cannot hire agents to manage the application of PLKS.

“The renewal of the permit can complicate enforcement work carried out by the Immigration Department, especially in determining whether or not a foreign worker has valid documents,” he told reporters after a raid in Bukit Damar here early Saturday.

Nur Jazlan said if the reports were proven to be true, action will be taken against those found guilty of appointing agents to manage the application of PLKS.

The raid was aimed at cracking down on illegal immigrants living at illegal housing quarters in Bukit Damar under an operation codenamed Ops Ikrar Bersepadu.

The raiding party comprised 283 Rela members and officers from the Immigration Department and National Registration Department (JPN).

Leading the raid was Putrajaya Immigration Enforcement Director Datuk Jaafar Mohamed.

Between Jan 1 and Nov 25 this year, 225,647 illegal immigrants have been deported to their countries of origin, including Myanmar, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Nepal and the Philippines.

– The Star