Look after migrant workforce well or many industries may grind to a halt, says Suhakam
PETALING JAYA: The migrant workforce in the country should be well looked after as Malaysia is dependent on foreign labour, says the Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (Suhakam). Its commissioner Datuk Mah Weng Kwai said that without the migrant workforce, many industries would come to a standstill. "While they come in and we need them, the right thing to do by the government and society is to look after them properly. "You don't bully them. You don't take advantage of them. You don't exploit them," he told reporters during a stakeholder consultation on forced labour issues in the constructi...