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Malaysia to resume recruitment of stranded Bangladeshi workers, vows to protect them from abuse, fraud
“Allegations of human trafficking and money laundering – largely unsubstantiated – have impacted Malaysia’s reputation,” the secretary-general of the human resources ministry, Azman Yusof, wrote in a letter dated Apr 23, which was reviewed by Bloomberg. In its statement on Thursday, the Human Resources Ministry thanked Bangladesh for recognising Malaysia’s efforts to reform the foreign worker recruitment system and crack down on abuse, following the courtesy call by Asif, the Bangladeshi official who was also accompanied by the special envoy for international affairs Lutfey Siddiqi. “The Bangladeshi side confirmed that Malaysia was not involved in any of the previously raised…
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