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KL shelves plan to recruit 1.5m Bangladeshis

Published Fri, Feb 19, 2016 · 09:50 PM

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    Kuala Lumpur

    TALK about an abrupt policy U-turn.

    On Friday, just a day after the Malaysian and Bangladeshi governments inked an agreement under which Malaysia would recruit 1.5 million Bangladeshis for work over three years, Putrajaya inexplicably suspended the import of all foreign workers to Malaysia - Bangladeshis included.

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