The government has been urged to set up an independent Royal Commission of Inquiry to investigate the migrant workers management system and forced labour in the country.

While lauding the quick action by Human Resources Minister Steven Sim and Home Affairs Minister Saifuddin Nasution Ismail in placing companies found violating the law on a blacklist and freezing incoming migrant workers' quota, DAP vice-chairperson Teresa Kok said those measures alone are not sufficient.

In a statement today, Kok stressed the pertinence for Putrajaya to...