Jakarta, May 23 -- Protection of Indonesian Migrant Workers (P2MI) Minister Abdul Kadir Karding discussed opportunities for migrant workers' placement in Sarawak, Malaysia during a meeting with Sarawak's Food Industry, Commodities, and Regional Development Minister, Stephen Rundi Anak Utom.

At a meeting held at the Dewan Undangan Negeri Building, Malaysia, on Thursday, they discussed cooperation to expand the placement of Indonesian workers in Sarawak, whose numbers are now quite large, according to a written statement from the Ministry of P2MI in Jakarta, Thursday.

Karding stated that Stephen agreed to increase employment opportunities for Indonesian migrant workers in Sarawak in sectors other than agriculture.

"We also agreed to enco...