About 1,000 private recruitment agencies (APS) are claiming that they will be facing undue business risks as users of a new domestic worker recruitment and management portal – 3sMalaysia.com.

Speaking at a press conference yesterday, leaders from Malaysia’s four associations that represent the majority of APS in the country voiced their concerns over the recruitment flow (see graphic) and strongly opposed requirements for full payments be made through the portal before contracts were signed.

The four association’s leaders were among those who attended a briefing conducted by 3S Malaysia Sdn Bhd on March 2, that was organised by the Labour Department of Peninsular Malaysia (JTKSM).

The group said...