Over supply of more than 120,00 foreign workers in service sector, says Home Minister

KUALA LUMPUR: There is an over-supply of more than 120,00 foreign workers in the service sector, says Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail. The Home Minister added the service sector also recorded the highest incidences of non-compliance with regulations. "Even though the forecast by the supervisor body (Home Ministry) was for 20,000 foreign workers, the actual entry...

No decision yet on bringing home two Malaysians held at Guantanamo, says Home Minister

KUALA LUMPUR: The government have not made any decision in regards to bringing back two Malaysians held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail said it was still at an early stage and the government have just started discussing the matter with American authorities. "It is still early... so there is no...

Home Ministry seriously looking into reopening ‘shortcut’ at BSI checkpoint, says Saifuddin

JOHOR BARU: The Home Ministry is seriously looking into the possibility of reopening a “shortcut” at Bangunan Sultan Iskandar Customs, Immigration and Quarantine Complex (BSI CIQ) to give pedestrians a shorter route for passport clearance into Singapore. Its minister, Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail (pic), said a joint committee, chaired by himself and Johor Mentri...

Mastermind in 'fixer' syndicate remanded five days, five others released

Mastermind in ‘fixer’ syndicate remanded five days, five others released

KOTA KINABALU: The 29-year-old mastermind of a syndicate posing as senior officers from the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) and Home Ministry offering people to "fix" their cases has been remanded for five days. The MACC obtained the remand order until July 29 from Magistrate Lovely Natasha Charles Monday (July 24) to facilitate investigations into their...