Nepal says no to Malaysia’s limited manpower plan despite support-agency compromise

Nepal has reiterated that it will not accept the process Malaysia has moved forward with, under which only a limited number of manpower companies would be authorised to recruit Nepali workers.

Malaysia had earlier listed only 25 manpower companies as “registered recruitment agencies” in its Foreign Worker Centralised Management System (FWCMS) for bringing in workers from Nepal. After that drew widespread opposition in Nepal, Malaysia listed an additional 250 manpower companies as “support agencies” placed under those 25 companies.