Petronas troubled over Sarawak’s freeze on new work permits


If Shamsul

KUCHING: Petronas has expressed concern over the Sarawak government’s decision to impose a moratorium on new work permit applications for its non-Sarawakian employees.

The national oil corporation said in a statement yesterday that the state government’s decision could have been based on a misconception that Petronas’ recent group-wide business restructuring had unfairly impacted its employees from Sarawak.

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