PETALING JAYA: The Immigration Department cannot arbitrarily freeze employers’ assets and bank accounts without a court order, says the Malaysian Employers Federation.
Its executive director Datuk Shamsuddin Bardan said Section 56 of the Immigration Act 1963 did not provide for powers to freeze the assets and accounts of employers with illegal foreign workers.
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