KUALA TERENGGANU: A company owner and one of his employees were fined RM50,000 and RM30,000, respectively, by the Sessions Court here for submitting false documents to the Social Security Organisation (Socso) to claim incentives under the Penjana Kerjaya 2.0 (Penjana) programme amounting to RM5,300 three years ago.
She said the other 4,868 foreign workers have yet to undergo the screening test.
“There are a total of 7,323 foreign workers currently working under 477 employers in various sectors throughout the state such as agriculture, forestry, fishery and plantation. We hope employers can immediately screen their workers before Feb 28, ” she told Bernama here.
Recently, Human Resource Minister Datuk Seri M. Saravanan reportedly said that employers who failed to conduct screening tests for their foreign workers by Feb 28 could result in their workers’ temporary work visit passes not being renewed.
Meanwhile, Farihah said under the Covid-19 Screening Programme for Foreign Workers, Socso has appointed 10 panel clinics to carry out the screening tests, namely six in Kuala Terengganu, two in Kuala Nerus and one each in Kemaman and Dungun.