Indian traders association wants MyEG system to be improved

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KLANG: The implementation of the online system for the renewal of foreign workers’ permit (PLKS) through MyEG should be improved for the benefit of local Indian traders who hire foreign workers, said the Malaysian Indian Textiles and General Stores Association (MITA).

Its secretary, Maheswary Ramasamy, claimed that MyEG which took effect on Jan 5, 2015 was not efficient as there were delays in renewing work permits for foreign workers through the system which could pose risks for them being detained by the authorities for ‘overstaying’.

She said the MyEG system would adversely affect local Indian traders who wished to renew the permit of their workers if the system was not improved.

“From my personal experience, I have sent the application to renew the permits of my workers to MyEG on March 4, 2015, but till today I haven’t received the permit sticker. My workers’ next renewal date is due on March 20, 2016.

“My workers will be deemed to be illegals after the expiry period and this poses a risk of being detained by authorities.

“Due to delayed issuance of the permit stickers, the workers are caught in a difficult situation where in case of emergencies, they are unable to return to their homeland,” she told Bernama.

Maheswary, who runs textile shops with some 100 foreign workers in a number of states, said there were instances where MyEG had asked her to register her company details on three occasions as the system had lost all the datas provided.

She said the government had apparently given exclusivity to MyEG to monopolise the business of PLKS renewal for over two million foreign workers. — Bernama