Recruitment system halted as firms linked to ring


Human Resource Minister M.Kulasegaran giving the press conferencee after chairing with the private institute and manufacturers at Industrial Training Institute at jelapang.

PETALING JAYA: Human Resources Minister M. Kulasegaran (pic) said the Government has suspended the system currently in place for the recruitment of migrant workers from Bangladesh.

“This suspension will last until a full investigation has been completed into allegations that a syndicate was operating it as a human traf­ficking scheme to exploit these workers,” he told The Star yesterday.

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