Country Garden Pacificview Sdn Bhd (CGPV) has no problem with Immigration Department inspecting its development project Forest City, which is reportedly hiring illegal migrant workers from China.

"Should the Immigration Department intend to inspect us, we shall welcome them most warmly," CGPV told Malaysiakini.

The developer was responding to the government's plan to raid Forest City, a 20-year man-made islands high end development project, and look into the possibility of legalising them, particularly under the Rehiring Programme of the Home Affairs Ministry.

Malaysiakini reported that hundreds of illegal migrant workers from China have been forced to return home after finding out that they might not receive payment from the sub-contractors of the Forest City project. These workers originally arrived in Malaysia under tourist visas.

They claimed to be cheated by agents in China who charged charged them 10,000 yuan (RM6,288) to 24,000 yuan (RM15,092) to secure them "lucrative jobs" in Johor...