Malaysia Approves Draft Workers Protection MOU

Saravanan confirmed that the draft MOU had been approved and expressed his hope that it would be signed soon. The previous MOU expired in 2016.

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Indonesian Migrant Workers (TKI) who work in Malaysia gather before entering the Indonesian Air Force's Hercules plane that picked them up at the Subang Air Base, Malaysia, to be sent home, Tuesday (12/23/2014).

JAKARTA, KOMPAS — The governments of Indonesia and Malaysia have moved closer to signing a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on protecting prospective Indonesian migrant workers after Malaysia approved the draft MOU submitted by Indonesia.

After receiving Malaysian Human Resources Minister M. Saravanan at her office in Jakarta on Monday (24/1/2022), Manpower Minister Ida Fauziyah stated that Malaysia had agreed with the draft MOU containing provisions on the recruitment of Indonesian domestic workers.