The data was released by the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) in its Labour Force Statistics, Malaysia, March 2020 report today, 8 May.
The report noted that the current unemployment rate as of March 2020 stood at 3.9%, the highest since June 2010 (3.6%).
In comparison to the same period last year, March 2020 accounted for 610,500 unemployed Malaysians, while March 2019 recorded…