PM warns of actions on failure to send workers to Malaysia

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday (June 5) warned of taking action against those who are responsible for failure to send migrant workers to Malaysia.

“We’re investigating the problems that have taken place this time. If anyone is responsible, they will surely be tried,” she said.

She sounded the note of warnings while replying to supplementary questions from Opposition Chief Whip Mujibul Haque Chunnu during the question-answer session in the House.

The JP leader wanted to know whether tougher action will be taken against the people responsible for being failed to send Malaysia-bound some 17,000 Bangladeshi by May 31 despite having everything, including permission.

In reply, the Prime Minister told the parliament that her government had introduced special flights to send the workers to Malaysia.

"All workers were sent (to Malaysia) through special flights and other regular flights. But many were left out. The reason will be investigated,” she said.

“Whenever we discuss and decide how many people will go, it is observed that a group of people in our country, who deal with manpower, try to send people in a hurry,” she said.

Briefly describing measures taken by the government to send workers abroad, she said some people want to go abroad through brokers and consequently, they get into trouble.

The Parliament went into the budget session at 5pm today presided over by Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury.