00:00I would like to announce that tomorrow we will launch the Ops for Foreign Workers 2020-2024
00:14starting from 1 November. As we are aware, in the middle of this year, in June, we have
00:24held an election month for the registration of workers, which at that time we opened
00:32to local workers and also foreign workers. However, after discussion and also after
00:40we studied the data from the Malaysian Immigration Office, we found that there are still many
00:50foreign workers who have a valid passport have not yet registered with PERKESO.
00:58If we look at the statistics, the number of workers who have a valid passport is around
01:08more than 2.4 million, but those who register with PERKESO are less than 2 million.
01:16I would like to thank Jim for sharing the data, for integrating the data with PERKESO.
01:26Based on the information and the data we obtained, we feel that Ops Kesan needs to be held.
01:40Based on the statistics of PERKESO until 30 September, only around 88% of foreign workers
01:46in Malaysia registered with PERKESO. For foreign domestic workers, only around 59%.
01:54There are still many foreign workers who do not have social security protection.
02:00So if there is an accident, they do not have any kind of coverage or protection.
02:12So based on that, we are eager to hold Ops Kesan to ensure that these workers are protected.
02:22There are many foreign workers who are brought in using passports from certain companies,
02:34but they do not work with companies that have a passport, but work with other companies.
02:42So I would like to emphasize that as long as they are honest workers, whether they work
02:48with companies that bring them in using passports, or they work with other companies,
02:54they are needed and must be protected.
02:58So for companies that pay them, they are responsible to register and ensure that these workers are paid.
03:10So I hope that foreign workers who have not yet registered, please show up immediately
03:18to register their workers, especially domestic workers who are still far below,
03:26around 50% or more, for them to come immediately.
03:31Failing to register a company or worker can result in a company owner or employer being sentenced
03:38to two years in prison or a fine of no more than Rp10,000 or both.
03:45So if we start Ops Kesan's activities, if we find that they do not register and register,
03:55we will issue a compound, and if they fail, we will take action.
04:02As I said earlier, if they are found guilty, they can be sentenced and sent to prison or both.
04:10We will open Ops Kesan as long as we do not get the numbers as what I said earlier,
04:18we have integrated our data with Jim, there are still many who have not yet registered,
04:24so we want to achieve the target to make sure that those who are out there register with Pekeso.
04:31So if possible, we want to match the data with Jim and the data with Pekeso.
04:38So now it is still far, meaning a few hundred thousand more who are still out there as workers
04:45but have not yet been registered and are not in the Pekeso database.
04:49So we will carry on.
04:53As I mentioned, those registered with Jim is about 2.4 million plus,
05:10the number that registered with us is about 2.188 million, so still about 300,000 out there,
05:20not in our database, still not registered with us.
05:22We are talking about welfare of workers.
05:25If there is an accident, someone dies, who will take care of their family?
05:30So there is no issue of...
05:32What impact on the economy?
05:34What impact on the economy? This is nothing.
05:37When you employ locals, you have to pay contribution for SOCSO.
05:42Why there is a difference?
05:44Why is it that foreign workers only have an economic impact?
05:48I don't see a reason why we have to have a double standard on this.
05:52If local workers are registered and registered, foreign workers are the same.
05:57I mean, I don't understand what economic impact will happen.
06:03You mean take foreign workers because they are cheap?
06:07The construction sector depends on foreign workers.
06:10No, no, no. Even the construction sector of local workers has to pay contribution.
06:15There is no difference.
06:19So don't say because we employ foreign workers to save costs,
06:23I mean it will be good economic impact to us.
06:25No such thing.
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