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 little amount, which the workers had carried with them while leaving home
on July 4, has been run out putting them into serious miseries.
<p>"After starving for three days, I sold one packet of blood at 20 Ringiit
(Malaysian Ringgit) and had my meal last Sunday," Mohammad Anis, one of
the workers, told The Daily Star over telephone yesterday.</p>
<p>He said two recruiting agencies– Akbar Enterprise and Enam International–
sent 70 workers to Malaysia assuring them of employing in an electronics factory
at Johor Baru.</p>
<p>"Only six of them were given jobs in a wood-cutting mill in Kuala Lumpur
and six others managed to escape. But the others have been left unemployed,"
Anis said adding some of them have started eating stuffs of the dustbins.</p>
<p>He said they filed a complaint against K-Poly Recycling Industries and sent
a copy to Bangladesh High Commission in Kuala Lumpur. "But no action has
been taken yet," Anis added.</p>
<p>The workers were earlier kept in three different houses, but they are now residing
at Room-16, Jalan Kempas-4, Taman Megah Ria-81750, Masai at Johor Baru.</p>
<p>Each of the workers paid around Tk 2 to 2.5 lakh for migrating to Malaysia.</p>
<p>Owner of K-Poly Recycling Industries said he did not hire the workers.</p>
<p>Mohammed Enamul Hoque, proprietor of Enam International, said Akbar Enterprise
and his company sent 100 workers on July 4 and only 27 of them were unemployed
for a few days, as K-Poly Recycling Industries denied employing them on their
arrival.</p>
<p>"We however later managed jobs for them and now there is no problem. Akbar
Hussain of Akbar Enterprise went to Malaysia recently in this regard,"
he said.<br>
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Source: http://www.thedailystar.net/story.php?nid=1114</i>
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