OUR businessman would be offended if anybody associated them with human trafficking. Who needs that when they have enough headaches as it is dealing with potentially crippling issues such as rising labour costs and the red tape in the hiring of foreign workers? And now there’s this New Year’s Day policy change that will make things harder for those who rely on foreign workers.
But wait, what if all these are interlinked? What if the newly introduced Employer Mandatory Commitment (EMC) is part of the Government’s plan to strengthen Malaysia’s position in the global war against human trafficking?