CEO arrest: Bestinet 'confident' company will be cleared by MACC
Asked to confirm the arrest and remand of company CEO Ismail Mohd Noor, Bestinet in a statement to Malaysiakini, said: "Bestinet is confident that the company and its staff will be exonerated from any and all allegations."
IT solutions provider Bestinet expressed confidence that the company and its staff will be cleared of all allegations by the MACC.
Asked to confirm the arrest and remand of company CEO Ismail Mohd Noor, Bestinet in a statement to Malaysiakini said: "Bestinet is confident that the company and its staff will be exonerated from any and all allegations.
"Bestinet upholds strict governance regarding business ethics and integrity and practises zero-tolerance policy towards bribery and corruption in all its forms.
"As such, the company places high importance on accountability and transparency in the conduct of its business activity at all times and is fully committed to acting as a positive force in all markets it operates in.”
The company, however, said it was not in the position to comment on an ongoing MACC investigation believed to be linked to alleged irregularities in the selection of 25 Bangladesh recruitment agencies authorised by Malaysia to send their workers here.
Bestinet issued the statement following MACC's reported arrests of eight individuals, including the chief executive officer (CEO) of an information technology (IT) company, for allegedly receiving bribes in return for securing migrant worker quotas.
It is understood that MACC had also remanded a Bestinet senior officer, along with four others from a recruitment agency.
Two suspects were released on MACC bail.
Bestinet operates the Foreign Workers Centralised Management System (FWCMS) which Malaysia uses to manage the recruitment process from all approved labour source countries at all stages.
The company had maintained it has no direct ties with any licensed recruitment agencies listed on its FWCMS.
Last month, the anti-graft body questioned Bestinet founder Mohd Amin Abdul Nor, as well as the Bangladesh labour attache at its High Commission in Kuala Lumpur, Md Nazmus Sadat Salim, following multiple reports lodged over an alleged syndicate controlling the recruitment of Bangladeshi workers here.
Human Resources Minister M Saravanan previously denied allegations by labour industry players in Malaysia and Bangladesh that linked Bestinet and Amin to a “syndicate” supplying labour from Bangladesh to Malaysia.
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