The initiative is under the Government's 6P programme which is a large-scale legalisation and amnesty exercise to reduce the number of illegal immigrants in Malaysia.UPDATE: The Amnesty initiative, having been delayed, now rescheduled to begin in August.
Legalisation of illegal foreign workers from August (MSN India)
For background, see:
6P programme starts on July 11 (Since Delayed)
...also from Malaysia (AsiaOne.com):
Yesterday, the immigration clearance at the Causeway and Second Link was back to normal after two weekends of hiccups in the biometric fingerprint scanning system.Hopefully, in another two weeks crossing will be even faster than before.
