The Home Ministry said today that it has issued 1,163,194 work permits to foreign workers, with the bulk of these being for factory workers.

In a written reply to Fong Po Kuan (DAP-Batu Gajah) at the Dewan Rakyat, it said Indonesians received 798,803 permits, followed by Bangladeshis (102,869), Nepalis (79,543) and Indians (47,349).