KUALA LUMPUR, March 16 – A total of 2,257 company directors were barred from leaving Malaysia in 2025 for failing to pay Employees Provident Fund (EPF) contributions for their workers.
The EPF said the action raised the total number of directors facing travel restrictions for similar offences to 14,332 as of December last year.
The fund also filed 3,530 civil suits and initiated criminal proceedings in 6,011 cases against employers over unpaid contributions.
Meanwhile, 8,868 cases of arrears were resolved from 21,029 employee complaints, with more than 12,000 cases still under investigation or pending legal action.
