MEF: Unemployment rose due to triple whammy


PETALING JAYA: The overall economic slowdown, political uncertainty in February and the Covid-19 pandemic are the “triple whammy” that have caused unemployment to rise, says the Malaysian Employers Federation (MEF).

Its executive director Datuk Shamsuddin Bardan said when the Covid-19 outbreak first set in, politicians were not paying attention to it as they were busy “politicking”.

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