The Minister of Human Resources of Malaysia is under pressure to allow only 25 agencies to work in Malaysia for the recruitment of Bangladeshi workers. Questions are being raised about this from different quarters in that country. Thursday Human Resources Minister M. Addressing critics and opponents, Seravanon said that Dhaka and Putrajaya have jointly agreed on this. News from Malaymail.com.
Seravanon said that the number of agencies allowed to send workers abroad is the prerogative of the source country. Malaysia has already agreed to approve 25 agencies instead of 10. In a slightly disappointed tone, he said, 'When I met the Prime Minister of Bangladesh, I agreed on 25 agencies. Ministers have also agreed to 25. So why are Malaysian MPs talking about it so much?'
Seravanon said, a management team checked the information of 1500 agencies and selected 25 based on the criteria of the two countries. He said, 'It was not decided by any one person. If it was a matter of one person it would have gone to the MACC (Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission) and someone would have gone to jail.'
A syndicate will control 25 agencies engaged in sending workers from Bangladesh to Malaysia - the country's MP Charlie Santiago recently made such allegations. Apart from this, two groups of staffing consultants have also made such allegations. They called upon Minister Serabhanan to respond to this. In this context, the minister said, 'Why are they suddenly talking about agents from Bangladesh?'
He said Malaysia does not want to see a repeat of 2008. At that time recruitment agencies worked freely. Due to their failure, more than one lakh Bangladeshis have wandered around like helpless in Malaysia. He described the legalization of undocumented migrant workers as a 'very stupid idea'.
