Hunt on for employers who falsify claims on wage subsidy

Don’t deceive: Azman (centre), together with Azirruan (left) and Hasnol at the press conference held at Menara Perkeso, Kuala Lumpur, said Socso will be investigating claims of unscrupulous employers.

KUALA LUMPUR: The Social Security Organisation (Socso) is on a nationwide hunt for unscrupulous employers who make false claims in relation to the Wage Subsidy Programme (PSU).

Its chief executive officer Datuk Seri Dr Mohammed Azman Aziz Mohammed said they had identified a 33-year-old managing director from the services industry in Selangor who falsified documents of the company’s income to enjoy the government’s initiative.