Ex-MP moots RM50,000 fine for duping foreign workers over jobs

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Charles Santiago backs minister’s call for punitive action against unscrupulous employers.  Read More: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2024/01/06/ex-mp-moots-rm50000-fine-for-duping-foreign-workers-over-jobs/   Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com Follow FMT on Facebook: http://bit.ly/2Rn6xEV Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM Follow FMT on Twitter: http://bit.ly/2OCwH8a  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/2OKJbc6 Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3cpbWKK Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/2VUfOrv Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/3B1e8lN Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/39dBDbe ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download FMT News App: Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46 App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP  #FMTNews #RM50,000Fine  #DupingForeignWorkers

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00:00 Former MP Charles Santiago supported a minister's idea to fine companies for breaking their

00:08 promise to give jobs to foreign workers, adding that the fine should be at least Rs 50,000

00:13 for each duped worker.

00:16 He said the Rs 50,000 sum would include the cost of a migrant worker's return flight,

00:21 loss of pay and recruitment fees to agents back in their home country.

00:26 Previously, Plantation and Commodities Minister Johari Gani had said companies that deceive

00:30 foreign workers with jobs and leave them in the lurch should pay a fine of Rs 20,000 to

00:36 Rs 30,000.

00:38 This came after 171 Bangladeshis were arrested last month after marching to report their

00:44 agents for not securing promised jobs.

00:47 Johari's call is important.

00:50 He's preparing the industry to face challenges in the coming years as Europe and America

00:55 ramp up their false labour protocols.

00:57 This means if you are found to have violated false labour indicators, your products would

01:01 face product sanctions entering Europe, United States, Canada and Mexico.

01:06 This would spell disaster for an exporting country such as ours.

01:11 If we cannot resolve this, we should put a moratorium on bringing in foreign workers,

01:15 especially Bangladeshis.

01:17 We have too many of them coming in, but without jobs.

01:22 Land Rights Activist Adrian Pereira said fines might be an obvious deterrent, but might also

01:28 give rise to bribery.

01:30 There will be employers paying bribes to escape.

01:35 What needs to be done is we enforce labour inspections that are competent to weed out

01:42 false labour.

01:44 These workers being brought in when jobs are not available, that is human trafficking.

01:50 Go after the masterminds.

01:51 [MUSIC PLAYING]

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