KAJANG: Foreigners found abusing their social visit passes will face legal action, the Home Ministry warns.
Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail said it is an offence for individuals to enter the country on social, tourist or visitor passes but engage in business activities or employment.
“They enter for social visit purposes, but end up working. Running a business under such circumstances is a misuse of the pass,” he said at a press conference at Maktab Penjara here on Monday (April 13).
He was responding to a report by a Malay daily which stated that residents and traders were uneasy over the presence of foreigners using the area as a transit point before heading to Kuala Lumpur or Johor.
Saifuddin added that some foreigners had been found operating businesses, including resorts.
“These are not small-scale ventures — they are opening resorts and owning businesses. Some even have locals acting as ‘business partners’,” he said.
