A sharp increase in foreign labour is causing concern to the Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC).

This comes after the Human Resources Ministry approved a total of 995,396 employment quotas for foreign workers from various sectors as of March 14.

In a statement, MTUC secretary-general Kamarul Baharin Mansor said that not only does this high volume of intake increase the country’s dependency on the migrant workforce, but may also lead to mismanagement...