Malaysia vows to up Bangladeshi workers’ rights as PM visits

PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia’s Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim pledged stronger protections for Bangladeshi migrant workers on Monday, after a series of labor abuses affecting the Southeast Asian nation’s largest foreign workforce. Around 800,000 Bangladeshis work in Malaysia, making up a third of the country’s migrant workforce, who have faced unpaid wages and recruitment scams that left many job seekers stranded after paying hefty recruitment fees.

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