Kuala Lumpur, Ramadan 07, 1436, June 24, 2015, SPA -- Malaysia will not allow refugees to work in the country despite a plea by the UN Refugee Agency UNHCR, a senior official said Wednesday, according to dpa. Human resources deputy minister Ismail Muttalib told the senate that allowing the more than 150,000 refugees and asylum-seekers in the country to work could create more employment problems. On Monday, the Malaysian UNHCR representative went to the parliament to ask legislators to allow UNHCR cardholders to have a work permit. "The country might be flooded with the cardholders to a point we cannot control their entry," he said, adding that there are already 1.9 million foreign workers in Malaysia and an estimated more than 1 million illegal workers. --SPA 10:59 LOCAL TIME 07:59 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w