Foreigners in Malaysia - who gets to stay and who doesn't? | CNA Correspondent

Malaysia is dealing with two very different groups of foreigners - Chinese and Korean players squeezing local businesses on price, and tens of thousands of stateless Rohingya refugees it never recruited but has hosted for years. Now, as local resentment rises, and talk of repatriations to Myanmar increases, Arnold Gay asks CNA Senior Correspondent Melissa Goh how and where Malaysia is drawing the line. Highlights: 00:00 Intro 01:35 Kuala Lumpur’s changing business landscape 02:45 Scale and scope of expansion was surprising 08:19 Rising rents and pressure on SMEs 10:31 How Malaysia is tightening regulations 13:21 Malaysia’s Rohingya refugee dilemma 15:12 Could refugees fill labour shortages? 19:12 Is Malaysia getting the balance right? ================== #CNACorrespondent #Malaysia #population Subscribe to our channel here: https://cna.asia/youtubesub Visit our website: https://cna.asia Download our app: https://cna.asia/app Get our editors' picks of stories via chat apps: Telegram: https://cna.asia/telegram WhatsApp: https://cna.asia/whatsapp Follow us on these platforms: https://www.facebook.com/channelnewsasia https://www.instagram.com/channelnewsasia https://www.tiktok.com/@channelnewsasia