Malaysia Plans Using Tycoon Amin’s New Migrant Worker System

Malaysia is planning to adopt a new foreign worker recruitment system developed by Bestinet Sdn., the company founded by labor tycoon Aminul Islam, according to six people familiar with the matter.

The software is being marketed as allowing companies to hire workers directly, rather than using middlemen some of whom charge them excessive fees, the people said, asking not to be identified because the information is private. Called The Universal Recruitment Advanced Platform, or TURAP, it will have a digital portal where employers can sign up and find employees, the people said.