Malaysia denies ban on Bangladesh, India workers

“I just spoke to my prime minister ... There is no truth in the statement released by Reuters ... It’s not true means everything is status quo,” Works Minister S. Samy Vellu, the only ethnic Indian member of the Cabinet, told reporters on the sidelines of a conference in New Delhi.

“Indian workers are already there. When it is needed, they are welcome.”

Earlier, a Malaysian Home Ministry official told Reuters that the Cabinet had decided about two weeks ago to freeze the intake of workers from India and Bangladesh. Other ministry officials had then confirmed the ban but gave no reason.

About an hour before his denial, Vellu had said the country had enough foreign workers.

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