State Minister of Expatriate Welfare and Overseas Employment, Imran Ahmad, on Sunday said, the Malaysian labour market will reopen soon.
“A team from the Ministry will visit Malaysia within three or four days. We are hopeful that the labour market will open again for our workers soon,” the state minister said during a view exchange meeting followed by an Iftar Mahfil with journalists at the Ministry.
The Minister said, “Earlier, some irregularities occurred in recruiting manpower for the East Asian country. A syndicate used to control the market. But now we are alert enough to stop it”.
Bangladesh Association of International Recruiting Agencies (BAIRA) President Benjir Ahmed, the Secretary of the Ministry, Rownak Zahan, BAIRA General Secretary Shamim Ahmed Chowdhury Noman and the Additional
Secretary of the Ministry Shahidul Alam and journalists, among others, were present.
The Minister admitted that the labour recruiting in different countries are slowed down.
“But markets are still open. We are trying to find out the problems to remove those. We are honestly working to open the suspended markets as soon as possible,” Imran Ahmad said.
Journalists questioned the state minister about his steps regarding some dishonest agencies’ misdeeds in sending labours in Malaysia.
They said, a group of Bangladeshi workers are now compelled to stay in Malaysian jungle. They were recruited by three agencies.
Those victims had visited Bangladeshi High Commission in Kuala Lumpur two weeks ago. But they did not get any remedy or any type of help.
One of the journalists said that she handed over documents to the secretary of the ministry on behalf of the victims in Malaysia, but there is no reply.
The minister said he will investigate the matter soon.
