Home-cleaning company raided over alleged hiring of foreign workers without valid permits
Translated from Malay and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.
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- Authorities raided a registered home-cleaning services company in the Klang Valley over suspected employment of foreign workers without valid permits.
- The company also allegedly took and kept the workers’ passports.
- The operation involved Malaysia’s Immigration Department and several financial, labor, tax and regulatory agencies.
A home-cleaning services company in the Klang Valley was raided after authorities suspected it of employing foreign workers without valid permits and taking custody of their passports.
The operation was carried out jointly by the Immigration Department of Malaysia, the National Financial Crime Prevention Centre, the Department of Labour of Peninsular Malaysia, the Inland Revenue Board of Malaysia and the relevant regulatory commission.
The company is registered in the Klang Valley. The available details identify the suspected hiring of foreign workers and the alleged retention of their passports as the focus of the raid.
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Originally published by Utusan Malaysia in Malay. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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