Over 600 company directors stopped from leaving Msia due to unpaid EPF contributions

KUALA LUMPUR: The Employees Provident Fund (EPF) has submitted names of 635 company directors to the Immigration Department between January and June 2024 to be barred from leaving the country due to unpaid EPF contributions, as stipulated under Section 39 of the EPF Act 1991.

EPF Chief Operating Officer Sazaliza Zainuddin said the contributions remind all employers of their obligation to remit their employees’ contributions promptly, as stipulated in Section 43(1) of the EPF Act.