A migrant welfare activist has laid the bulk of the blame for the breakdown in the bilateral domestic worker agreement between Malaysia and Indonesia on the Human Resources Ministry director-general.

Calling for his removal, Migrant Care country representative Alex Ong said the director-general, Asri Ab Rahman, had poorly advised the minister about Malaysia’s ability to commit to the terms in the memorandum of understanding (MOU).

“Bureaucrats in the Home and Human Resources ministries are causing...