{
  "id": 4775888,
  "title": "Malaysia akan ambil 200,000 pekerja Bangladesh dalam 6 bulan",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/malaysia-akan-ambil-200-000-pekerja-bangladesh-dalam-6-bulan-4775888",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-01T02:31:46.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Malaysia Today",
    "slug": "free-malaysia-today",
    "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/bahasa/tempatan/2026/09/01/malaysia-akan-ambil-200-000-pekerja-bangladesh-dalam-6-bulan"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Malaysia plans to employ around 200,000 workers from Bangladesh over the next six months as part of efforts to address debt bondage and forced labor issues, according to Dhaka. The move, which will be implemented by various agencies, is set to commence next month, stated Mir Shahe Alam, the Deputy Minister of Local Government, Rural Development, and Cooperatives of Bangladesh. Currently, there are approximately 800,000 registered Bangladeshi workers in Malaysia, with an unknown number of undocumented workers. The Malaysian Minister has requested authorities in Malaysia to register these individuals, as reported by The Daily Star. Following a high-level visit to Bangladesh by Malaysia's Deputy Prime Minister, Shuhada Othman, the issue was raised with Local Government, Rural Development, and Cooperatives Minister Abdul Moyeen Khan. Last year, Prime Minister Tarique Rahman visited Malaysia and urged Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim to reconsider opening the labor market to Bangladeshi workers. Malaysia has been restricting worker recruitment from Bangladesh since 2024, following a report on debt bondage and forced labor. The government aims to reduce the number of foreign workers in Malaysia to around 10% of the total workforce by 2030.",
  "summary": "Timbalan menteri Bangladesh berkata pengambilan secara berperingkat itu akan dilakukan pelbagai agensi mulai hujung bulan ini.",
  "key_points": [],
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      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Malaysia to take in 200,000 workers from Bangladesh in 6 months",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/malaysia-to-take-in-200-000-workers-from-bangladesh-in-6-months",
        "published": "2026-09-01T02:15:00.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}