in Nanyang. My number of foreign workers reached 2.6 million and has not decreased. Johari: This may harm the development of the country in the future.
Malaysia currently has 2.6 million legal foreign workers, and the number has failed to meet the target of the 13th Malaysia Plan. Datuk Seri Johari Tun Openg, Minister of Investments, Trade and Industry, frankly admitted that the problem of long-term dependence of factories on foreign workers has reached a point where it must be solved, otherwise it could harm the country in the future.