Pandan MP Rafizi Ramli has highlighted how the government had essentially been “locked out” of its own digital recruitment system of Bangladeshi migrant workers into Malaysia, created by Bestinet Sdn Bhd.

Following a Jan 23 expose by Bloomberg on the exploitation of Bangladeshi migrants, Rafizi recalled previous findings by the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) and Auditor-General’s Department, which found that there was never a formal contract signed between the government and Bestinet, which collected RM100 from each worker for the service...