The National Foreigners Enforcement and Registration System (NERS) would register and monitor foreigners from their arrival until departure, said Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.
“The system is capable of tackling various immigration issues, including falsification of documents, overstaying, and misuse of visas, passes and permits.
“Foreigners will have their thumbprints taken and processed within 20 seconds upon their arrival. The system will monitor them and a warning slip will be issued should they overstay, so necessary action can be taken,” he said in Parliament yesterday.
The NERS, he added, would not apply to refugees as they were under a different category.
Muhyiddin, who earlier chaired the Cabinet Committee meeting on foreign workers and illegal immigrants, said the management of foreigners needed to be done in a holistic manner given changes in the migration landscape and global mobility.
The Cabinet Committee also agreed in principle to implement a new levy mechanism where employers would be charged more if they employed more foreigners and for a longer duration.
The suggestion would be tabled in the Cabinet for approval before its proposed implementation in June, he added.
Separately, when launching the language culturalisation programme, Muhyiddin warned against mixing Bahasa Malaysia with other languages.
“We should not simply mix Bahasa Malaysia with other languages as it will deteriorate the uniqueness and identity of the national language,” he said at the function organised by the Information, Communication and Culture Ministry.
He added that although Bahasa Malaysia was the national language, the public should not sideline other languages, especially English.
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Autor(en)/Author(s): Florence A. Samy - Rahimy A. Rahim
Quelle/Source: The Malaysia Star, 17.03.2011
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