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Malaysia risks repeating the same failures in its migrant worker recruitment system unless it urgently restores transparency and accountability, Tenaganita, the Malaysian human rights nonprofit organization has warned.
The Sun reports that the group’s executive director, Glorene a Das, said public confidence in labour migration policies has been severely eroded by years of shifting decisions, policy reversals and unfulfilled promises.
She stressed that a simple denial of reported involvement of private entities in recruitment processes is no longer sufficient to reassure the public.
Das said the issue extends beyond any single company, pointing instead to deep-rooted structural weaknesses in Malaysia’s migration governance.
She noted the country’s long-standing problems with opaque recruiting systems, monopolistic arrangements and private intermediaries profiting at the expense of migrant workers.
Against this backdrop, she said the government must clearly state whether firms such as Bestinet Sdn Bhd will play any role in future systems.
