S’wak employers in 3D sector can now hire illegal immigrants

KUCHING – Employers in Sarawak in the 3D (dirty, dangerous, and difficult) sector can now register existing illegal immigrants to work legally through the Labour Recalibration Programme (RTK) 2.0, starting today.

Deputy Minister in the Sarawak Premier’s Department (Labour, Immigration and Project Monitoring) Datuk Gerawat Gala said that RTK 2.0 will be implemented until December 31, this year.

“Employers operating in the 3D sector are allowed to hire illegal immigrants by registering them as employees during this implementation period.

“The sectors involved are manufacturing, construction, plantation, agriculture, services, mining, and quarrying as well as foreign domestic workers,” he said in a statement here today.

He, however, said that only illegal immigrants from 16 countries are allowed under this programme.

Those allowed are from Indonesia, Bangladesh, Thailand, India, Philippines, Cambodia, Laos, Nepal, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Pakistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, and China.

More information can be obtained at the Immigration Department’s portal www.imi.gov.my. – Bernama, July 26, 2023