Immigration authorities teaming up with the Inland Revenue Board raided an outfit in Ampang, Selangor, taking down a syndicate that profited from reselling foreign labor quotas. Twenty suspects were detained, and 341 foreign passports were seized on-site. The group included two Bangladeshi ringleaders, six local female employees, and twelve foreign clients, with the bulk of the passports belonging to Bangladeshi and Indonesian nationals.
The syndicate operated via the familiar "Company A to Company B" scheme. They allegedly submitted falsified business profiles through Company A to secure worker quotas and Temporary Employment Passes (PLKS), imported foreign workers, and then funneled them off to other businesses requiring labor. Investigators revealed that middlemen pocketed between RM3,800 and RM5,000 per worker, alongside suspected multi-year tax evasion between 2020 and 2023.
This gray market persists largely due to the gap between rigid official quota approvals and severe labor shortages across local manufacturing, dining, and construction sectors. When formal hiring channels drag on, businesses often take the shortcut of using unverified third-party workers. When these crackdowns strike, employers who rely on transferred workers also face heavy legal liability and steep fines.
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