Action TV on Sunday, highlighted how the Foreign Employment Bureau was engaged in a financial fraud by granting a special job order to a certain agency which enabled the said agency to charge a fee from workers who are called for employment overseas, directly through family and friends.
It was revealed that close to 70% of the Foreign Employment Bureau annual revenue of Rs.2 bn was being directed to this agency through this move.
It was alleged that a large part of the income received by this agency, which did not provide any particular service, was being distributed between certain executives of the Foreign Employment Bureau, including members of its senior management
The contents of this letter give rise to a certain degree of suspicion on this matter. The letter in question, which has been addressed to the Secretary to the Foreign Employment Bureau by the proprietor of the agency in question last October, refers to a payment to be received by the agency which was approximately 70% of the Rs 2 bn revenue collected from the bureau for the year
The proprietor has confirmed that he has provided an on-demand bank guarantee for Rs10mn as security for the services to be provided by his agency.
It must be noted that the bureau does not have the mandate to request any part to provide a bank guarantee in excess of Rs.750,000.
Action TV highlighted recently how the Chairman of the bureau had issued a circular in secret in March this year that allowed the bureau to request a bank guarantee over the said limit of Rs.750,000
It must be revealed that when persons secure employment outside of the established procedure and then approach the bureau to register themselves with the bureau they are directed to that agency.
This letter issued by the General Manager of the bureau to a private bank bears testament to the fact that this agency had been provided with the contract to register these persons as per a special order.
This order was subsequently withdrawn in September, on the instructions of the acting chairman of bureau.
It must be noted that the letter in question from the proprietor of the agency to the Secretary to the Ministry of Employment, refers to an alleged unlawful payment that was required by a director of the bureau.
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