RAIDED IN 2023
Bestinet is no stranger to controversy.  ,
Its members allegedly received RM185 million in RM183 million in RM183 million between 2013 and 2018 from Nepali staff looking to work in Malaysia as of 2018. The Indonesian government suspended Bestinet’s activities, but cleared it of crime the following month.
In connection with a corruption investigation involving the recruitment of migrant workers from Bangladesh, the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission ( MACC ) made several arrests in May 2023 at the Human Resource Ministry. Weeks afterward, it raided Bestinet and interrogated several of its executives, including Mr. Mohamed Amin, the company’s dominating investor.
Nothing has yet been revealed from the MACC investigation, but the Anwar leadership has since moved the oversight of the immigrant worker purchasing habitat from the Human Resource Ministry to the strong Home Affairs Minister Saifuddin’s control.
Previous Bangladeshi national Mr. Mohamed Amin, who has since obtained Malaysian citizen, is said to have a close relationship with senior officials and officials, including Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi. Bestinet secured the right to perform its FWCMS program while Mr. Ahmad Zahid served as Home Minister under the earlier Najib management.
However, under Mr. Saifuddin’s leadership, the bank’s working relationships with the Home Ministry have been scant.
Mr. Saifuddin has made no secret of his disapproval of the organization’s existing program for hiring migrant labor. Mr. Saifuddin met with members of the Bangladeshi Association of International Recruiting Agencies ( BAIRA ) in Dhaka during an official visit to Bangladesh in February of last year. He acknowledged that he was angry with the current selection processes and that some graft had to be eliminated.
Although BAIRA has more than 1,500 members operating in the nation, just 100 organizations with close ties to Bestinet and government accreditation have a strong influence on the enrollment of workers there.  ,
Mohammed Abul Basher, president of BAIRA, reported to CNA that the state is in talks with Malaysia immediately regarding the program to overhaul the existing hiring process. He declined to expound.
UNSCRUPULOUS Brokers, BROKERS
Malaysia’s system of international labor recruitment had long been a center of immoral agents and labor brokers working with rivals in nations that offered the labor force.  ,
Former prime minister Najib Razak’s government won a contract in 2013 to help the Home Affairs and Human Resource ministries in hiring foreigners for Malay companies in an effort to promote more order in the left recruitment sector.
Under the consequently- called FWCMS, companies in various sectors of the economy may submit applications on their labour needs and Bestinet may help in the sourcing from 15 countries like as Indonesia, Bangladesh, Nepal, the Philippines, Myanmar, India and Vietnam.
However, the FWCMS system failed to stop mismanagement, leading to the abuse of international labor applicants by a complex group of players in both the sponsor and exporting nations.  ,