PUTRAJAYA, Jan 17 — The Johor Labour Department has completed 13 investigation papers against five employers who are believed to have cheated migrant workers by promising them jobs that did not exist in Pengerang, Johor.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 13 — Companies from palm oil plantations to semiconductor makers are refusing orders and forgoing billions in sales, hampered by a shortage of more than a million workers that threatens Malaysia's economic recovery.

KUALA LUMPUR, April 20 — Three foreign men and a local man were arrested for allegedly operating a fraudulent outsourcing syndicate to make a profit of RM2 million from the government’s Labour Recalibration Programme (RTK).

JOHOR BAHRU, June 15 — The authorities have expected an increase in the entry of migrants to Johor following the implementation of the recovery movement control order (RMCO) which saw more sectors of the economy starting to reopen.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 11 — A total of 547 arrests involving migrant smuggling syndicates were made by the police from January to June this year, said Bukit Aman Criminal Investigations Department director Datuk Huzir Mohamed.