Legalise undocumented foreigners, don’t treat them like criminals, say contractors
PETALING JAYA: . Malaysian Bumiputera Contractors Association secretary-general Zaharani Yusof Omar also said the government should not treat undocumented foreign workers like criminals. This comes after the Indonesian government imposed a temporary freeze on workers entering Malaysia.Zaharani said most construction sites were operating with only half their usual workforce after the Covid-19 pandemic, resulting in disruptions to many projects.
He also said the government should be compassionate and offer undocumented foreigners jobs after they were legalised.“We need to help them and let them work in the industries that need manpower. Some of them are victims who have been exploited by middlemen,” he said. The association had previously said the construction industry was facing a shortage of 500,000 workers as most foreign workers had returned home.
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