KUCHING: Wisma Putra is seriously monitoring the cases involving job syndicates offering lucrative pay overseas.
In a press statement today, the Foreign Affairs Ministry said it was deeply concerned about the increase of such cases.
“We would like to advice Malaysians to verify any job offer, especially from overseas, before accepting,” it said in the statement.
It said that there must be a thorough scrutiny of the employment contract, obtaining a valid working visa, as well as getting respective Malaysian Embassy advice beforehand.
Meanwhile, the successfully repatriation of eight Malaysians who were left stranded in Monrovia, Liberia since Feb 4 was facilitated by the Foreign Affairs Ministry through its diplomatic efforts.
The ministry said the effort included a letter by Foreign Affairs Minister Dato Saifuddion Abdullah to his Liberian counterpart Gbehzohgar M Findley.
Wisma Putra subsequently requested the Liberian government to assist in the repatriation.
In order to ensure the success of the mission, the ministry sent two officials as special envoys to Monrovia on Feb 26.
After obtaining the necessary travel documents and approval from Liberian authorities, the group together with the special envoys left for Kuala Lumpur on March 3.
At 3.30pm yesterday, they arrived at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport and were welcomed by Saifuddion and ministry officials before flying to Sarawak at 6.55pm.
Sime Darby, a Malaysian company operating in Liberia, had also rendered necessary assistance by ensuring the welfare of the stranded Malaysians were taken care of before the arrival of the special envoys.
“The government of Malaysia would like to express our deep appreciation to the Liberian government for its kind assistance and cooperation in the release and repatriation of the Malaysians.”
The eight of them are from Sarawak, aged between 39 and 66 years old, who were duped by job scammers.
This is the second successful effort by the Malaysian government following the release of 47 Malaysians on Feb 15 from detention in Cambodia. They were also duped by job scammers.
