TAWAU: The immigration office in Sabah has been urged to reveal the practices it adopts in dealing with foreign workers seeking to enter the state.
The ever-busy Sri Tanjung Assemblyman Jimmy Wong (DAP) said he would meet with Tawau immigration chief to discuss issues regarding immigration.
He said the biggest problem in the immigration office now is that the registration process for foreign workers takes up an excessive amount of time.
"How long does it take to get a foreign worker pass, a housemaid pass, an entry pass or any other document?" he asked.
The Sri Tanjung assemblyman has been on a quest to shed some light on the currently labyrinthine list of procedures and time-consuming practices that surround the process.
"How many pending application are there in the immigration office? Is the immigration office on time in processing any of the application submitted?"
He said no one knows the answers to these questions.
Saving costs
Many would-be employers in Tawau, he said, currently do not know what documents they must have when hiring foreign workers and the relevant documents the workers themselves should possess.
The situation becomes even more chaotic when foreign workers with valid documentation and who are employed are detained due to some inadvertent oversight.
Wong said some employers did not know what were the proper procedures or process of validating foreign workers if they are detained.
He said the immigration office needs to hasten this validating process to avoid additional cost to the employer due to work stoppage.
Wong said that temporary detention centres spend RM30 per person per day, so by ensuring the swift dispatch of cases the government would be saving money.
He called for procedures to ensure that the police and other enforcement agencies do not detain foreign workers, including those whose work passes are pending.
"There is an understanding with the Indonesian Consul that these foreign workers should not be detained as they did apply for legal documentation, but the documentation was still being processed," Wong said.
On the increasing number of illegal immigrants in Tawau, Wong wants to know what steps the immigration office has taken to reduce the number.
He claimed to have received several complaints about foreign women coming to Tawau to work in the vice trade. This, he said, had inevitably led to crime and other social problems.
Wong also cautioned the immigration office to ensure there is no abuse of power by those tasked with regulating such matters.
16 comments:
the immigration office should respond on this matter and give detailed explanation.
yup, maybe there are explanation from those responsible about these problem..
Special procedures are needed to ensure they are entering this state to work and not to marry locals and enjoying the privileges of locals.
Jangan jahanamkan Sabah hanya kerana pekerja asing terbiar begitu saja. Amat merimaskan.
Ayoo, tolong lah bagi penjelasan. Jang biarkan isu ni terbiar tanpa jawapan.. Nanti lain pula tanggapan rakyat.
Betul tu drbe:) Harus pastikan pekerja asing ni masuk Sabah utk tujuan kerja saja dan bukannya mencari pasangan hidup. hehhehee
Tapi Sabahan pun agak2 jugalah ya, kita pun harus buat part kita juga - sama2 pastikan pekerja asing ni hanya bekerja di sabah.
proses pengambilan pekerja asing seharusnya dipercepatkan kerana memang betul kelewatan dalam pemprosesan tersebut menyebabkan kerajaan rugi dari segi kos pengendalian tersebut
proses pengambilan pekerja asing pada masa bulan 'pengampunan' adalah jauh lebih murah sebab tu ia menjejaskan kelancaran proses tersebut. walaubagaimanapun, di kk tidak pula berlaku kelewatan teruk seperti yang berlaku di tawau. oleh itu, pihak-pihak terbabit di tawau harus melaksanakan tugas dengan cekap
sebenarnya di tawau sahaja...memang ramai warga asing samada 'legal' atau 'tidak'. so adalah tidak dinafikan kelewatan dalam memproses permohonan tersebut adalah disebabkan permohonan yang terlalu banyak berbanding tempat-tempat lain.
Hopefully the responsible authorities will come up and clarify this issue.
saya harap semua pekara berkaitan isu warga asing dapat diselesaikan dengan sebaik mungkin..
Crap. Some of them are having bad intentions instead of working here. I might be prejudice but that's the case.
hope, authorities will give the answer for this problem. we wait for it...
i hope they will explain this matter and take an action to improve the procedures or process of validating foreign workers..
I think the best answer will be-getting the number off the chart.
Prosedur yang bersesuaian harus ada untuk mengekang kemasukan mereka yang semakin banyak.
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