MPs demand Putrajaya bear quarantine costs for Malaysians stuck in Singapore


Chan Kok Leong

PKR Youth chief Akmal Nasir says there are retrenched Malaysians stuck in Singapore because they do not have the money to pay for the mandatory 14-day quarantine period upon their return to Malaysia. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, August 3, 2020.

THE government should bear the costs for quarantine and treatment of Malaysian workers who want to return from Singapore, said two Johor MPs.

“Many Malaysians are now forced to return because of safety or financial problems,” said Akmal Nasir (Johor Baru-PH) in a press conference in Parliament today.


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