Bangladesh, Malaysia sign labour export agreement

November 29, 2012
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PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia – Bangladesh and Malaysia signed Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) on Monday (November 26th), paving the way for Bangladeshi workers to begin rolling into Malaysia, local media reported.

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    The website bdnews24.com reported the country will send a total of 500,000 labourers, with 50,000 in the first batch that begins arriving in January. They will have eight-month visas and will be chosen from a pool of applicants who register online.

    Bernama reported that a second MoU signed Monday provides an avenue for strategic co-operation between the countries' respective law enforcement agencies, including information and intelligence sharing.

    "Among other areas to be covered by the transnational-crime MoU are terrorism, money-laundering and terrorist financing, commercial and economic crime, smuggling of migrants and cybercrime," said Malaysian Home Minister Hishammuddin Tun Hussein.

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        November 29, 2012 @ 09:11:28AM
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