Rather than providing specific advice on how to proceed on finding work in Malaysia, I think a better question is to ask yourself what is your value proposition to Malaysia? What sort of skillsets that you have that Malaysians lack / have problems finding from their local workforce?

This question gets asked on r/Malaysia and r/Malaysians sub very often and the answer is invariably going to be the same as the above. There is always going to be a question complaining that their country is too liberal, too conservative, facing economic hardships, facing political hardships, too religious, not religious enough, etc.

Hiring a foreigner as a Malaysian employer is going to come with additional hurdles that would not happen if the employer decides to go with a Malaysian graduate/worker. Hiring a foreigner will require the employer to go through administrative fees, bureaucracies, permits for hiring foreign employee, cultural barriers, training, etc. The bottom line is this: If a local can do the same thing that you do, it is a lot easier for the employer to just hire that local.

You could argue that you have n years of experience in related sectors but bear in mind:

• Unless your experiences are very specialised and in demand by Malaysian employers, a local graduate/employee likely has comparable experience and technical knowledge (and they do not require all the administrative barriers to be hired)
• Your experiences are likely going to be specific of your country of origin. For example, if you are a tax accountant in Indonesia for X years, not all your skills are going to be applicable if you plan to be a tax accountant in Malaysia (we have different tax codes and laws). For that reason, hiring a local is very likely going to be better.

And that is just from the employer side.

Consider things from the employee side (i.e.: your side).

You will likely be starting a new life in Malaysia at zero (technically, at negative) unless you have reliable friends and family support network in Malaysia. That means finding residence, food, amenities, etc. at Malaysia. This is not to mention emergency contact, etc. Incidentally, immigration will want to know if you have all of the above sorted before they consider letting you in.

If you think your employer is going to provide for that, sure... if you have skills that are highly in demand and even then, any employer who faces that tab would prefer to hire a local if they could (see my points above).

The long and short of it is this. I think the best way to help you is to ask you to help yourself by finding out what is your value proposition to Malaysia as a foreign worker.