War of words erupts in Parliament between HR Minister Saravanan and predecessor

By RAHIMY RAHIM, MARTIN CARVALHO and RAGANANTHINI VETHASALAM

KUALA LUMPUR: A war of words erupted between Human Resources Minister Datuk Seri M. Saravanan and Ipoh Barat MP M. Kulasegaran over the issue of foreign workers in critical sectors.

Saravanan slammed the former human resources minister during the Pakatan Harapan administration for imposing a moratorium on the recruitment of workers from Bangladesh on Sept 1, 2018.

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