Immigration Dept to start freezing assets of employers who protect illegal foreign workers

SEPANG: The Immigration Department will start freezing the assets of employers in the industrial sector who hire and protect illegal foreign workers from next month.

Its Director-General Datuk Seri Mustafar Ali (pic) said that there is a provision under Section 56(1) of the Immigration Act to freeze assets and bank accounts of employers, however, it has not been fully enforced.