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Recruitment agencies challenge government to implement Malaysia labour pact

Rohan Gurung

Kathmandu, November 1

The ‘umbrella organisation’ of recruitment agencies involved in facilitating the migration of Nepali workers abroad has challenged the government to effectively implementing a recent agreement it signed with Malaysia earlier this week.

President of Nepal Association of Foreign Employment Agencies, Rohan Gurung, claims the government cannot implement this pact even for first three months because of the provision that employer companies have to cover all costs of the recruitment process.

“Don’t wait much, but just three months. Time will prove how right we were. The government hopefully will learn a lesson then,” he says.

Gurung views that Labour Minister Gokarna Bista pushed the government for the agreement for the sake of popularity.

“Let’s see how the government will stop the agencies from charging a single rupee on the workers. Then, you will know how practical this decision is,” he says, “If this decision is not made just for popularity, let the government implement it.”

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