Srilanka, March 17 -- Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment and Tourism Minister Vijitha Herath has urged the public to contact 1989 for reliable information about private employment agencies when seeking employment opportunities abroad.

The Minister made this statement while responding to questions raised by MPs regarding individuals who defraud people by falsely claiming to arrange overseas employment, during the Ministerial Consultative Committee on Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment and Tourism held in Parliament recently.

The officials present also informed the Committee that all information regarding the agencies and fees approved by the Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment can be found on the Bureau's website and that if any pa...