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Malaysia's Labour Shortage In The Wake Of Indonesia's Worker Freeze

Khor Yu Leng, Political Economist, Segi Enam Advisors

15-Jul-22 07:45

Malaysia's Labour Shortage In The Wake Of Indonesia's Worker Freeze

Indonesia has (again) temporarily stopped sending its citizens to work in Malaysia. Jakarta claims there had been a breach of the MoU signed between both countries back in April. Malaysia's Home Minister Dato' Seri Hamzah Zainuddin's reaction - there are 15 other countries to source from. Khor Yu Leng, Political Economist, Segi Enam Advisors talks to us about the implications of this latest freeze might be on Malaysia's already stretched workforce.

Produced by: Moh Heng Ying

Presented by: Keith Kam, Shazana Mokhtar


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Categories:  politics,  international,  Law/Activism,  managing,  the workplace

Tags:  mohr,  malaysia indonesia mou,  foreign labour,  labour shortage,  home ministry, 


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