Real Time Networking Sdn Bhd, in which Zahid’s brother Abdul Hakim Hamidi is executive chairperson, aims to provide an online system where, for a fee, workers can be registered and monitored from Bangladesh and Malaysia.
Zahid is also home minister, and the approval of foreign workers into Malaysia comes under his ministry’s purview.
Real Time’s online system - dubbed Workforce Management & Networking System (Workman) - is similar to that provided by Bestinet, a firm owned by former home minister Azmi Khalid.
Bestinet’s agreement with the government was suspended earlier this year after outcry by recruitment agents in sending countries over its high service fees.
When contacted, Hakim confirmed that Real Time is eyeing the deal but stresses that it is not a government contract.
Rather, it is in collaboration with the Bangladesh Association of International Recruitment Agencies (Baira), he said.
“We have the model of a system where we get a payment for a package (service) and we can send people (from Bangladesh) for 60,000 Bangladeshi taka (RM3,000), including the air ticket.
“This is not a government contract. Yes, their government need to approve because it involves citizens but they are only monitoring,” Hakim said.
If approved, agencies such as the Immigration Department and Manpower Department will be linked to Real Time's system and all recruitment agents must go through Real Time to send workers to Malaysia.
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