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Migrant worker import quota won via fake contracts, then traded for millions https://t.co/2o4bRPmViN
— malaysiakini.com (@malaysiakini) November 20, 2023
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When Rinji Rai, a Nepali recruitment agent, heard the workers he sent to KL were jobless and stranded, he flew to Malaysia to check on them. Three days later he died in mysterious circumstances. pic.twitter.com/PR1Bh3YTRi
— malaysiakini.com (@malaysiakini) November 22, 2023
Rinji's was one of two deaths linked to what Malaysiakini found to be a syndicate, which received quotas to import almost 1000 workers but did not have any jobs for them. The workers ended up starving in hostels. pic.twitter.com/sKJ92j6LFy
— malaysiakini.com (@malaysiakini) November 22, 2023
By verifying the details of quota applications, Malaysiakini found applicants submitted fake contracts purported to be worth millions of ringgit with non-existent companies. Yet the government agencies, including LHDN, didn't spot this fraud. pic.twitter.com/KglWyU8cz2
— malaysiakini.com (@malaysiakini) November 22, 2023
Read more on how the fraud worked and how we uncovered it
— malaysiakini.com (@malaysiakini) November 22, 2023
Full story: https://t.co/NjAaI9B3eq pic.twitter.com/AHZxRgBvsb
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Migrant workers in Malaysia: Recruitment scam. pic.twitter.com/Tmh5344YMy
— simonthong aka kitty poo (@KittyPo80176717) November 22, 2023
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