The Malaysian government has not yet informed anything officially to
the Bangladesh authorities about their recent suspension of foreign
workers recruitment.
Acting secretary of the Ministry of Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas
Employment Begum Shamsun Nahar said this while talking to the news
agency today.
“As we haven’t been informed anything yet by the Malaysian government
about workers’ recruitment suspension, the next procedure to
materialise the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) will continue,” she
said.
Malaysian Human Resources Minister Datuk Seri Richard Riot and
Bangladesh Expatriates' Welfare Minister Nurul Islam signed the MoU on
Thursday on recruiting 1.5 million Bangladeshi workers through G2G Plus
mechanism over the next three years.
Later on Friday, Riot clarified saying that ‘1.5 million Bangladeshis
had registered with the Ministry of Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas
Employment in Bangladesh for jobs overseas including Malaysia,’
according to by Malaysian state news agency Bernama.
Meanwhile, Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid
Hamidi yesterday announced that the recruitment of workers from all
source countries will remain suspended ‘until it ascertains the actual
manpower needs of industries’, according to another report by Bernama.
