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PUTRAJAYA, Jan 30 — The Cabinet decided today that foreign workers should pay the levy instead of employers, The Star Online reported tonight.

KOTA KINABALU: Soon after his arrival in Sabah in 1992, a Pakistani national paid RM330 to a “friend” for a Malaysian identity card.

The Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) investigating the illegal immigrants problem in Sabah was today told that 446,219 such individuals were deported from the state between 1990 and yesterday.

Eighty two Indonesian women helped by the Indonesian Embassy in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to return home arrived in Jakarta on Monday. They are some of a total 104 migrant workers released in a mission led by the Malaysian Police and the Immigration Office.

MALACCA - The Special Cabinet Committee on Foreign Workers and Illegal Immigrants has been asked to discuss whether foreign workers or their employers should pay the levy following the implementation of the minimum wage policy.

MALACCA: The Special Cabinet Committee on Foreign Workers and Illegal Immigrants has been asked to discuss whether foreign workers or their employers should pay the levy following the implementation of the minimum wage policy.

From January 1, employers must pay a minimum wage of RM900 a month in Peninsular Malaysia and RM800 a month in Sabah, Sarawak and Labuan.

After graduating from Tribhuvan University in Nepal last year, Raj Kumar Niraula found it difficult to land a well-paying job.