Zero cost in M'sia, Saravanan says no control over migrant source countries

Malaysia has no control over any costs incurred by migrant workers in source countries prior to their arrivals and employment here, said Human Resources Minister M Saravanan today.

He said Malaysia has enforced a "zero-cost policy" for all migrant workers, including new recruits from Bangladesh to come in after the latest memorandum of understanding signed last December.

"Zero cost policy has been...