A Bangladesh citizen is among the directors of Bestinet Sdn Bhd, an IT solutions company that developed and manages the Foreign Workers Centralised Management System (FWCMS) for the Home Ministry, PKR claimed today.

 

In a joint statement, PKR Youth information chief Lee Chean Chung and deputy information chief Naim Jusri said that Aminul Islam Abdul Nor, a Bangladeshi citizen with a Malaysian permanent resident (PR) status is also a shareholder of Bestinet.

 

As such, PKR has raised concerns about a programme containing border control and immigration data, such as the FWCMS, being handed to a company linked to a foreigner.

 

"How can such an important project be outsourced to a private company managed by a foreigner?" the duo asked.

Previously, PKR revealed that former home minister Azmi Khalid is also one of the directors for Bestinet, and had demanded both him and Home Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi ( left ) to explain their roles in the awarding of the contract to the company.

However, Zahid had continued maintaining his silence as Azmi merely said that there was no "hanky-panky" in the deal, without elaborating further on the matter.

Zahid has received flak before for the Home Ministry's decision to outsource foreign worker permit renewals to MyEG Services, another private entity.

The outsourcing resulted in higher fees for employers who wish to renew the permits of their foreign workers, while also increasing levy on insurances not bought through MyEG.