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Bleaching of two million illegal immigrants begin July 1

Posted: 08 Jun 2011 11:13 PM PDT

KOTA BAHARU: The Home Ministry will initiate a programme of bleaching or pardoning for almost two million illegal immigrants in the country starting July 1, said Deputy Home Minister Datuk Lee Chee Leong.

In this context, he said the recruitment of foreign workers during that
period will be temporarily frozen to ensure that the nationwide programme runs
smoothly.

"We are freezing all foreign worker applications for the programme which
begins on July 1. We have also shortlisted 200 private companies which will be

involved in managing the illegal immigrants," he told reporters after presenting
certificates of citizenship to 14 people, who applied to become Malaysian
citizens since last year, at Kopitiam Kita here today.

He said the ministry's 6P amnesty programme was carried out by registering
illegal immigrants using a biometric system to track their movements in the
country.

The programme, he added, involved six action plans which are registering,

legalising, pardoning, monitoring, enforcing and deporting illegal
immigrants.

Lee said the objective of the bleaching exercise was to collect data on how
many illegal immigrants are in the country, how many work in sectors allowed to
recruit foreigners and to give illegal immigrants a chance to go home without
being prosecuted, as decided by the Cabinet.

He said the 200 companies interested in managing the registration of illegal
immigrants submitted application forms downloaded from the website
www.moha.gov.my.

Lee said only companies with experience in human resource management and
foreign workers will be selected, while orgnisations and associations will only
involve their employers and need to be registered with the Registrar of
Societies.

"There are 1.9 million foreigners working legally in the country, but our
information shows that the number of illegal immigrants is more than that with
about two million people in total," he added. - Bernama

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Samsung's Lee says corruption spread group-wide

Posted: 08 Jun 2011 09:50 PM PDT

SEOUL: Lee Kun-hee, chairman of Samsung Electronics Co, said Thursday that corruption is widespread in Samsung Group, signalling that he may order a group-wide audit and a far-reaching management reshuffle.

"Samsung Techwin was a coincidence (that irregularities were found). It seems that corruption is widespread in all Samsung affiliates," Yonhap News agency quoted Lee as saying.

He said this to reporters as he arrived at the company's office in southern
Seoul.

The remarks from South Korea's wealthiest man came after a chief executive
officer at Samsung Techwin Co, the group's arms-making unit, offered to resign
after an internal audit found improper behaviors by employees.

Samsung officials declined to discuss details of the audit and what prompted
the chief to resign.

Infuriated by the audit results, Lee reprimanded his senior executives and
ordered to beef up the auditing team to uproot corruption, Samsung's chief

spokesman said Wednesday.

Lee, the son of the Samsung Group founder, hinted that he may intensify an
internal probe and a personnel reshuffle may be in the offing.

"I've been worried, so I'm trying to make this an issue," he said.

"Corruption can entail getting favors or grafts, but the worst kind is to grill
staff members to force them to do improper activities."

Lee, a reclusive leader who usually works from his Seoul residence, began
making biweekly visits to Samsung's office in Gangnam in April this year. - Bernama

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