Malaysia to go slow on labour MoU

Q&A session: Kulasegaran (second from right) addressing the media at a press conference after launching the 25th Asean Labour Ministers Meeting in Kuala Lumpur. — Bernama

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia says it will go slow on signing an MoU with other countries on foreign labour until the issue involving illegal foreign workers is resolved.

Human Resources Minister M. Kulasegaran said the country was currently discussing the issue of illegal migrant labour with Bangla­desh, Indonesia and Vietnam.