Zahid Hamidi: All illegal workers to go before 1.5 million Bangladeshi arrive


Bernama

TAWAU: All illegal foreign workers will be returned to their countries of origin before the approximately 1.5 million workers from Bangladesh are brought into Malaysia, said Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi (pic).

"Before we bring in 1.5 million legal workers from Bangladesh, we will first take the illegal ones out, which now number about two million" said the Home Minister.

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