KUALA LUMPUR (June 23): Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail said Malaysia has not received any official request from Bangladesh to extradite controversial labour tycoon Datuk Seri Aminul Islam Abdul Nor.
This is despite reports that Bangladeshi police had, about two years ago, sought Malaysia's assistance to arrest and extradite Aminul and his associate over allegations including money laundering, extortion and migrant worker trafficking.
"To date, the Home Ministry has not received any official application from the Government of Bangladesh or its diplomatic representatives to extradite the individual," Saifuddin said in a written parliamentary reply on Tuesday.
He was responding to a question from Subang MP Wong Chen, who sought an update on the Bangladeshi government's reported request to extradite Aminul.
Aminul, a Malaysian citizen of Bangladeshi origin, is the founder of Bestinet Sdn Bhd, which operates the Foreign Worker Centralised Management System (FWCMS), a platform used to manage parts of Malaysia's foreign worker recruitment process, particularly for workers from Bangladesh.
In November 2024, Bloomberg reported that Bangladeshi authorities had asked Malaysia to stop using the FWCMS platform and sought Aminul's extradition, alleging that he played a key role in a system that "fraudulently extorted" migrant workers.
Nearly a year later, in October 2025, Saifuddin was reported as saying that the matter was being handled through government-to-government (G2G) and police-to-police (P2P) channels.
In his latest response, he stressed that Malaysia can only consider extraditing an individual after all legal requirements under the country's extradition framework have been met.
Saifuddin said Malaysia handles extradition cases under the Extradition Act 1992 and agreements with other countries.
Although Malaysia and Bangladesh do not have an extradition treaty, extradition can still be carried out under Section 3 of the Act.
Under Section 12 of the Act, any request by Bangladesh for the extradition of an individual must be submitted to the Home Minister through the country's diplomatic representative, he added.
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