PETALING JAYA: An activist has welcomed the suggestion for a royal commission of inquiry (RCI) into the migrant workers management system and forced labour problem, saying it would “name and shame” those responsible for migrant worker abuses.
Migrant workers constitute a significant and heavily exploited section of the Malaysian working class who are often enticed to the country with promises of jobs that never materialise.
Traditionally labour-intensive industries urged the government to give them more time to automate their processes and attract more locals to what would hopefully be higher-paying jobs.
PETALING JAYA: With a proposal being studied to severely penalise companies bringing in foreign workers without providing them jobs, groups have called for a “deep clean and overhaul” of the recruitment processes.
PETALING JAYA: A former MP and a migrant rights activist have slammed an NGO for citing security concerns in demanding that Rohingya refugees be deported, saying it does not fully comprehend the plight of the community.