PETALING JAYA: A total of 226 Bangladeshi and Nepalese workers have been rescued from non-conducive living conditions at a transit home in Negri Sembilan, says V. Sivakumar.
The Human Resources Minister conducted a spot check at a dormitory in Nilai following a report from the Bangladeshi Embassy.Sivakumar said he found the conditions cramped and appalling.
The ministry said that the 226 workers were part of intakes of 608 workers for four companies in the janitorial services sector and 390 workers for one company in the manufacturing sector.Many of the workers, the ministry said, had yet to be put to work and some were working in a different sector from what was promised to them.
"However, 327 workers were still out of work and the rest had been placed in sectors they were not allowed to work in," he said, adding that a total of four investigation papers had been opened under Section 24D of the Employees' Minimum Standards of Housing, Accommodations and Amenities Act 1990.
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