Hani Bin Sha’ari spent more than two decades rising through the ranks at STMicroelectronics NV’s facility in Malaysia. He prided himself on working hard to provide for his wife and four children. So when the chip plant remained open through a spike in COVID-19 infections this year, he kept doing his job.
Then one July morning, the 43-year-old woke up with a fever. His wife Nancy took him to a local clinic, requesting a COVID-19 test because of infections at the plant. The results came back positive. Hani was soon quarantined in a hospital. He lost so much weight that he
DAP reps want action after over 400 Covid-19 cases, deaths at Tangkak factory
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Two Johor assemblypersons have called for action to prevent more Covid-19 related deaths linked to a microelectronics factory based in the Tanjung Agas Industrial Zone, Muar, Johor.
Tangkak assemblyperson Ee Chin Li, Bentayan assemblyperson Ng Yak Howe and Johor DAP executive committee member Lim Eng Guan in a joint statement today said operations of STMicroelectronics (STM) manufacturing facility had led to 400 positive Covid-19 cases and 15 deaths from mid-June to date.
They said the Health Ministry had on July 9 confirmed the Persiaran Agas workplace cluster, after a first round of screening, based.