The Malaysian Insight

THE Human Resource Ministry has suspended Bestinet Sdn Bhd’s operation, following reports of it exploiting Nepalese workers.

Minister M Kulasegaran said Putrajaya was now talking to the Nepalese government and trying to resolve issues of worker recruitment from the country.

“The complaint is from Nepal. We are going to have a memorandum of understanding with them and resolve the issue. The MoU has already been approved by Nepal in principle.”

“Nepal is interested in sending its workers over, and we are also interested in hiring them,” he said at a press conference after a meeting regarding foreign worker management at Parliament today.

Bestinet, which was involved in a Nepalese worker scandal recently, has denied its involvement in money laundering and profiting from the immigration documentation process for foreign workers.

Since May 16, the Nepalese government has banned its citizens from working in Malaysia due to the high costs from immigration levy (RM105 per worker), medical checkups (RM100), and paperwork that involves a transit company managed by Ultra Kirana Sdn Bhd. – August 14, 2018.