KUALA LUMPUR: A local private company which has come under scrutiny for offering “welfare and protection services” to Nepalese workers in Malaysia for US$45 (RM210) has come out to defend itself, claiming it had established an agreement with Nepal’s authorities.
Over 10,000 Nepali migrant workers have died in Gulf countries due to inadequate supply of drinking water, food, and long hours of manual labour in searing temperatures.
As per the records of the Nepal government, the second-largest group of deaths is in the category of ‘natural death’. The government has not defined what it means.
Nepal has witnessed 900 deaths of workers every year, primarily due to cardiovascular diseases.
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