Malaysia is one of Asia's biggest employers of foreign labour. But recently, cases of deaths, abuse and forced labour have come to light. What is going on? Who is protecting these migrant workers?
Human Resource Minister Datuk Seri Dr Fong Chan Onn his ministry had held a
meeting on the matter with four agencies involved in bringing them, on Thursday.
<p>He said that according to the monitoring carried out by the Manpower Department
(JTR) since Bangladeshi workers were allowed to come into the country in May,
a total of 93 of them had yet to get jobs and pay as stated in their contracts.</p>
<p>"We will ask the companies concerned to pay them accordingly, failing
which we will help them to refer their cases to the Industrial Court,"
he told reporters after presenting certificates to 270 technicians from the
Malaysian Tyre Traders Association, who had completed a vocational course, here.</p>
<p>"There is no reason for the foreign workers not being paid as the companies
involved have the financial capability. It is their responsibility to pay workers
brought over for them," he said.</p>
<p>Last week, some 300 Bangladeshi workers who came to work at a construction
site in Sungai Chua, Port Dickson, had alleged that they had not been given
jobs or paid since they arrived in the country in May.</p>
<p>– BERNAMA</p>
<p><i>Source: http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v3/news.php?id=272058</i>
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