COMMENT | The MACC probe into an alleged corruption case in the Human Resources Ministry is much bigger and more serious than I had initially thought.

What started out as a normal investigation into migrant worker approvals and the subsequent arrest of three personal aides of Human Resources Minister V Sivakumar has now turned into something which should make all of us sit up and pay serious attention.

It looks like there was a plan to make some serious, dirty money by greedy people in authority to rip off the poor Bangladeshi workers and the government coffers. This is what happens when intermediaries or agents are involved in the recruitment process.

I have been told that this migrant worker recruitment is what has turned the ministry into a goldmine for unscrupulous characters.

The arrest of two Immigration Department officers who were temporarily placed at the Immigration Attaché’s Office in its consulate in Dhaka last Monday has opened another can of worms.

In connection with the arrest...