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KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Seri Dr. Ahmad Zahid Hamidi ( Peak ) says that he is not afraid if anti-corruption officers question him about the allegations according to which members of his family took advantage of the trafficking of Nepalese migrant workers
"I am not afraid and I am ready to be the subject of an investigation," said l & # 39, former Deputy Prime Minister
"I am ready to receive evidence that I was involved or abused my power or"
Dr. Ahmad Zahid was responding to a report by Nepali Times who claimed that "high-level politicians in Nepal and former Malaysia officials and their family members have been involved in the looting of more than RM185mil (Rs5bil) in the last five years of vulnerable Nepalese migrant workers desperate for work in Malaysia. "
The report states that Dr. Ahmad Zahid
This company has made sure that Nepali migrant workers are required to apply for a work visa from an affiliate based in Kathmandu.
According to the report, the agency billed RM118 (Rs3, 200) of every Nepalese worker bound to Malaysia, and collected RM72mil (Rs 1.95bil) from more than 600,000 workers between September 2013 and April 2018. [19659004] This included obliging all Nepalese migrants to undergo a biometric health screening test by Bestinet Sdn Bhd, allegedly related to Dr. Ahmad Zahid's brother-in-law
The Nepalese newspaper report also claimed that Dr. Ahmad's brother Zahid Abdul Hakim Hamidi and former environment minister Tan Sri Azmi Khalid also held shares in Bestinet. [19659004InterrogatedonFamilyLinkswiththeOrganizedDrAhmadZahidad'NooneofamongsorFamilyMemberswasinvolved
"I am not involved and it isn't mine.He also denied having a brother-in-law named Amin Abdul Nor or have shares in the third company, adding that he was in business before assuming the post. "Deputy Minister of Human Resources, Datuk Mahfuz Omar, said the issue was related to the ministry of Interior and not to the Minister of the Interior
"It was the use of biometrics for foreign workers." Kuala Langat MP Abdullah Sani Abdul Hamid , who raised the issue in the Dewan Rakyat three years ago, said the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) should investigate this case
.If the report is true, it is tantamount to a modern form of # 39; esclavag e ", said the former Acting President of the MTUC
. The MP for Batu Kawan Kasthuri Patto said that the Ministry of the Interior should investigate this issue. to be exploited.
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