INTERACTIVE: How the pandemic hit foreign labour in Malaysia


PETALING JAYA: The Covid-19 pandemic has revealed the extent of Malaysia’s reliance on foreign labour, with many industries hit hard by an acute shortage of workers.

The pandemic led to a freeze in the arrival of foreign workers from March 2020, with the country only re-opening its international borders on April 1 this year.

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