Prime Minister Balendra Shah, Malaysian counterpart discuss ending middlemen in labour migration

Nepal’s prime minister says syndicates and intermediaries have harmed workers and calls for direct talks between the two countries’ labour ministers.

Prime Minister Balendra Shah spoke by telephone with his Malaysian counterpart Anwar Ibrahim on Tuesday, pressing for reforms to Nepal’s foreign employment system in Malaysia and calling for an end to syndicates and middlemen that he said have exploited Nepali workers.