The secretary-general of the human resources department, Azman Yusof, wrote in a letter dated April 23 that Bloomberg reviewed,” Claims of human smuggling and money laundering have impacted Malaysia’s standing.”  ,
Following Asif, the Bangladeshi standard who was also accompanied by Lutfey Siddiqi, the Human Resources Ministry thanked Bangladesh for backing Malaysia’s efforts to reform the foreign worker recruitment method and break down on mistreatment in its statement on Thursday.  ,
The Bangladeshi side stated in the statement that the country “affirmed that Malaysia was not involved in any of the recently raised allegations” and that it supported our strong and ethical position against human trafficking.
Sim and the Bangladeshi committee also agreed that foreign worker recruitment may be based on real industry needs rather than profit during the meeting.  ,
According to FMT, the US has complained for more than ten years that Malaysia has not adhered to the Trafficking Victims Protection Act criteria, and Putrajaya has not made significant and adequate efforts to address the problem.  ,
A small Edge rating may mean that a nation could be prevented from receiving foreign aid from the US or face opposition from US staff at the International Monetary Fund or another international corporations for access to loans.  ,
In order to launch an investigation into alleged income fraud, blackmail, and smuggling of migrant workers, Bangladeshi officials requested from the Malaysian government in October of last year that two businessmen be detained and extradited.  ,
They are the owners and associates of Bestinet Sdn Bhd, a contentious business that manages Malaysia’s migrant worker diet.