According to the UN experts’ findings, many Bangladeshi migrants upon arrival to Malaysia find that they do not have employment as promised and are often forced into overstaying their visas. Consequently, they face the risk of arrest, detention, ill treatment, and deportation. The experts also found that huge sums of money were being generated through the fraudulent
Bangladeshi workers’ recruitment in Kuala Lumpur: Coincidentally or otherwise, two senior aides of Human Resources Minister V Sivakumar were arrested in connection with corruption regarding the foreign workers quota. The first step in the process in securing foreign workers is for the employer to apply for the quota. The companies have to provide proof and other documents to
Malaysian companies from palm oil plantations to semiconductor makers are refusing orders and forgoing billions in sales, hampered by a shortage of more than a million workers that threatens the country's economic recovery.
Four Bangladeshi men and two of their Malaysian wives were arrested in Malaysia for allegedly posing as a third party of Malaysian immigration department and getting migrant workers fake work permits in exchange of money.