HOME Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi defended a plan on Thursday to import 1.5 million Bangladeshis over three years, saying the fresh recruitment was to meet market demand.
Let us consider some statistics. 1.5 million people make up roughly 5.3% of the population of Malaysia, and is more than the entire population of Kelantan.
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