Labour dept probes Bangladeshi workers’ forced labour claims

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The workers allege that they have not been paid for months and forced to work 12-hour shifts everyday.   Read More: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2024/09/05/labour-dept-probes-bangladeshi-workers-forced-labour-claims/   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: https://bit.ly/49JJoo5 Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM Follow FMT on X: https://bit.ly/48zARSW  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/48Cq76h Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3uKuQFp Follow FMT Berita on TikTok: https://bit.ly/48vpnQG  Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/42VyzMX Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/42YytEb Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/42WrsUj Follow FMT on WhatsApp: https://bit.ly/49GMbxW  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download FMT News App: Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46 App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP  #FMTNews #ForcedLabour #ForeignWorker

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00:00The Selangor Labour Department is investigating claims of unpaid wages and other forced labour

00:07indicators by a group of Bangladeshi workers at a factory in Klang that supplies components

00:12to major electronics companies.

00:15In an email to the company and its major customers, migrant rights activist Andy Hall shared a

00:20report based on interviews with seven workers, which details their allegations of forced

00:25labour.

00:26The report claims that the workers have not been paid for up to six months, causing them

00:30and their families severe distress.

00:34They also allegedly paid exorbitant recruitment fees through loans, worsening their financial

00:39difficulties.

00:40According to the report, the workers are forced to work seven days a week, including public

00:45holidays, without overtime pay.

00:48The report also claimed that the workers lived in overcrowded dormitories, with many sharing

00:53a single room.

00:54It also said the toilet facilities provided were unhygienic, worsening their poor living

00:58conditions.

00:59A source from the Human Resources Ministry told FMT that the Selangor Labour Department

01:05is investigating the claims, while another source said the department is preparing a

01:09report on the workers' alleged mistreatment.

01:11FMT has reached out to the Bangladesh High Commission in Kuala Lumpur for comment, and

01:16is withholding the company's name pending a response.

01:19Sam Witrow, FMT News.

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