How come you don't know, I have been employing special pass holders for many years. They go choppig in enforcement it's their problems, for me I don't have to get quotas to employ foreigners, easy way out for me and for them. The ones working for me already 3 years chopping every few weeks, so I am happy.
 
Some get weekly chop, some more than that, depends how good their relationships lah. Pandai2 cari makan beb.
 
But I wonder also, if their parents dying, wives dying, children dying, how to go back without their passports? What is the humans rights status for them? How many years can we hold them up here?  
Who will be responsible for them?

Quote from demo_cat on Jul 20^th, 2010, 7:43pm:

 
Of course they are happy mah, but have to think of families also mah. Money can get anytime anywhere lah, family die or invite them happy functions cannot come after many years passports held up in Brunei mah, who care for them? I also pity them lah.
 
I hope with new cabinet leaders and new SUT or directors, things will change for the better and we take responsibilty for what we work and get salary for.
 
I think, the statistics part for the illegal and special passes have been ignored for a long time that they could be manipulated or could breeed corrupt practices.
 
Now, the foreigner with special pass working for me is getting more of his relatives come here because he knows the loopholes inside out already and he is familiar with the officers chopping for him already and he is calling himself "specialpass con-sultan or specialist".
 
I wonder also, how many hours are spent in this chopping process? Are we paying these officers so much for these only and they become mr. chopper or mdm chopper only? How we wish our new leaders are more analytical and change the way things are done by the previous administration. I heard most files are not updated too. Oh well, we are not the leaders to administer these stuff...  
 
I hope it is good for all of us and them and would not be a breeding ground for vice, corruption and AIDS because they seem to have no status and don't go for health checkups after many years and they are like "untouchables" after they get special passes.
 
I have a feeling some surprise visits will be conducted, because the new administration will be interested to learn about the real situation where we would see many nationalities in the enforcement office with various problems, complaints, etc.
 
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Quote from Zhu Rongzi on Jul 29^th, 2010, 9:07am:

 
I thought I was right when I said about our force being outnumbered by all these "hungry" people!
 
Better monitor our forces movements so that there are no "duri dalam daging"!
 
YDM Pehin Menteri, we had better take actions in our statistics and don't let our immigration, police, customs and other authorities be the "GATEWAY" for our destruction!
 
Better monitor our forces, so that no "DURI DALAM DAGING"!

these "hungry people" includes the indians and bangla too.. part of mib ok..
 
wonder why the china dolls never see this loophole..

HL,
About these special passes. I know someone who have a family member who was issued this special passes. What happened was that she works for a restaurant owned by a local lady. The employer took away their passports as soon as they arrived. The employer told them that their work permit are all in up to date and in good order. By then the staffs have not been paid several months of salaries. Most of them wanted to go home to their country.
One day immigration and labour raided the restaurant and issued special passes to all the foreign employees of the restaurant as they could not locate the employer. The employer refuses to show up despite many attempts by the immigration reach her. She was avoiding them. It got me wondering why not ask the police for help. Arrest her for immigration violations.
After a few months with the help of the embassy, these staffs managed to get a new passport so that they can go home. Immigration was quite strict with them and were treating these staffs as being the guilty party. For me I think they should really go after the employer who had violated immigration and labour laws. She also made the staffs suffers.
 
So from this incident, I don't see special passes being something that foreign workers would want to have.

We should be concerned about those "Robots" we have in the government but the buzzword today is "Little Napoleans". We should also be very concerned about Little Napoleans running and hampering growth in our economy.

Many of us need a roadshow by immigration department, now that they have a new director and the crime rate for Brunei is on the increase!
 

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WHAT IF HE GOOUT KILLING PEOPLE OR RAPING PEOPLE?
DO WE HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL THAT HAPPENS?
 
THEY SHOULD BE PUT IN "QUARANTINE" CENTRE!
 
In other countries, that is how foreigners bribe the officers so that they are given "special pas" and it gives immunity to them for as long as many years on "special pass".
 
WE HAVE BEEN ASKING THE IMMIGRATION TO PRODUCE STATSTICS ON "SPECIAL PASS" FOREIGNERS!
 
DON't THEY KNOW HOW TO DO THAT JOB? IF HTEY DON't KNOW HOW TO DO THE JOB THEY NEED TO BE REPLACED BY JOBLESS "NATIONAL DIPLOMA" GRADUATES OR IS IT THE DIRECTOR IS OVERPOWERED BY HIS LITTLE NAPOLEONS?
 
OUR LOCAL SME ARE TOLD TO SHUTDOWN BUSINESS FOR THE SAME OFFENCE BUT HOW COME TZHEY CLOSE ONE EYE ON FOREIGNERS?!
 
KERA DI HUTAN DI SUSUI ANAK DI RUMAH MATI KELAPARAN!!
 
SADAR LAH WAHAI PEGAWAI2 SUAPAN, JANGAN SEBAB DUIT MASA DEPAN BANGSA DAN NEGARA DI GADAIKAN!
 
PERIUK NASI ORANG SENDIRI DI PACAH! KESALAHAN ORG LUAR DEPAN MATA PURA2 NDA TAU!
 
The above are from various friends and others.