TIP promotion a boost for economy

Addressing the press: Saifuddin Nasution speaking to the media on the TIP report at the Home Ministry in Putrajaya. With him are (left) Home Ministry secretary-general Datuk Ruji Ubi and Deputy Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Razarudin Husain. — ART CHEN/The Star

PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia’s economy can expect a shot in the arm, now that the country has been elevated to the Tier 2 Watch List in the US State Department’s Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report.

Restrictions and impositions faced by the oil palm plantation industry would be eased as the country would no longer be seen as one that practises forced labour, said Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail.