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?
The Star
By LOH FOON FONG
Monday July 24, 2006
KUALA LUMPUR: Many employers are found to be colluding with employees to evade
making Employees Provident Fund (EPF) contributions.
New Straits Times
By Ahmad Fairuz Othman and P. Selvarani
22 Jul 2006
ALOR STAR: Police reports have been lodged over alleged misappropriation of
more than RM2 million from the National Union of Bank Employees (NUBE) funds.
The Star
Sunday July 16, 2006
SEREMBAN: An explosion at a chemical factory in Kampung Sawah near here killed
a worker and injured another yesterday.
The Star
Saturday July 15, 2006
KUANTAN: Pregnant women could demand from their respective employers to work
in a conducive, comfortable and safe environment, said State Arts, Culture,
Tourism, Heritage and Women’s Affairs Committee chairman Datuk Maznah Mazlan.
The Star
Saturday July 15, 2006
SEREMBAN: A massive operation to nab illegal foreign workers will be launched
soon.
The Star
Friday July 14, 2006
PUTRAJAYA: Two hypermarkets in the Klang Valley were recently caught hiring
illegal foreign workers who used fake workers’ identity cards.
The Star
Wednesday June 28, 2006
KUALA LUMPUR: Three factory workers who started a union at their workplace
were rightly sacked for distributing pamphlets containing lies about their employer,
the Industrial Court ruled.
News Straits Times
26 Jul 2006
Phuah Ken Lin
GEORGE TOWN: It has been an agonising three-year wait for a group of 48 Indian
workers who sued their employer for underpaying them.
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