Malaysia lost trillions to illicit capital outflows, but it is ultimately the migrant workers who would have to pay the price under a scheme reportedly being devised by the government, an NGO said.

“Malaysia had lost RM1.38 trillion to illicit capital outflows in the decade from 2003, and nothing had been done to address it. But it's migrants who would have to pay (the price)," Tenaganita said in a statement posted on Facebook today.