Malaysia defers amnesty plan for illegal labor from Indonesia - Bintan

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A total of 257 Indonesian migrant workers were deported from Malaysia after their arrival on July 9, 2011 in Sri Bintan Pura Harbour, Bintan Island, Indonesia. Malaysia's government said it would defer an amnesty program for illegal foreign workers.

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in Business, on the 9th of July 2011

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A total of 257 Indonesian migrant workers deported from Malaysia after arrival on July 09, 2011 in Sri Bintan Pura Harbour, Bintan Island, Indonesia. Indonesian migrant workers is an illegal workers in Malaysia were arrested for not having work permits, work permits had expired, entered Malaysia without a passport and criminal. An estimated one million Indonesian workers in Malaysia. Malaysia's government said it would defer a amnesty program for illegal foreign workers due to start next week to tighten measures to curb any abuse. The amnesty originally slated to start July 11 will be Malaysia's biggest effort to manage its growing population of foreign workers. The first step will be gathering the fingerprints of some 2 million legal foreign workers in the country to create a biometrics database, Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin said.