00:00A former MP has questioned the government's appointment of Bessinat Sindrian Berhard for developing a new foreign worker recruitment system
00:08given the irregularities flagged in an existing system also developed by the firm.
00:14DAP's Charles Santiago said the Public Accounts Committee found serious irregularities in the foreign worker centralized management system with unauthorized
00:23users approving applications and procurements made without proper process.
00:28He urged the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission to investigate the procurement process for the new digital system called the Universal
00:35Recruitment Advancement Platform, or TURUP.
00:39The former Klang MP questioned the decision to select Bessinat again, asking why the company was chosen and whether there
00:46had been other bids or an open tender process and if there were no other competent firms.
00:51He also raised concerns over the cost of developing TURUP, questioning who would bear it, whether the government, employers, or
00:59ultimately workers.
01:01Santiago urged the Cabinet to bend the proposal and instead push for a binding bilateral labor agreement with source countries
01:09to curb the abuse and exploitation of migrant workers.
01:13Narantharaja, FMT.
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