DPM: Bosses must apply for workers’ permits online

Keeping tabs on firearms: Dr Ahmad Zahid (left) launching the Arms Card at the Home Ministry’s monthly gathering in Putrajaya. With him are Deputy Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Noor Rashid Ibrahim and the ministry’s secretary-general Datuk Seri Alwi Ibrahim. — Bernama

PUTRAJAYA: Employers no longer need agents to apply for foreign workers’ permits as it is now compulsory for bosses to submit their requests online, says Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi.

The Deputy Prime Minister said the move that took effect on April 1 was to shorten waiting time and to resolve a host of other problems posed by the agents.